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This is A Scam Watch Out!

by socomplete
11 replies
Dear Account Owner

This Email is from Hotmail Customer Care® and we are sending it to all Hotmail Accounts Owner for safety. We are having congestion due to the anonymous registration of Hotmail accounts so we are shutting down some Hotmail accounts and your account is among those to be deactivated. We are sending this email to you so that you can verify and let us know if this account is still valid? If it is, Please kindly confirm your account by first clicking on the show content link highlighted in yellow just above the subject line. The following information is needed to verify your account: Your User name, password, date of birth and your country information. Click on the reply button and fill in your information:


User Name:.......................
Password:........................
Date of Birth:....................
Alternate Email................
Password:........................
Occupation.......................
Country Or Territory:........
After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconveniences.

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after 24 Hours of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.


Sincerely,
The Windows Live</span></span> Team


Don't fall for this scam warriors, they almost got me.

#scam #watch
  • Profile picture of the author ReachOneMedia
    I received some of those from paypal sometimes and also HSBC bank

    beware!
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      Very simply - anything asking for your passwords and birth date is a scam - don't care what it says.
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    Anytime you are asked for your password... beware!!
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  • Profile picture of the author littlephoenix
    yup i get these all the time, just mark them as spam and forward the email to the companies names being used.
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  • Profile picture of the author evanlambda
    Those phishing scams are as old as the Internet itself.
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  • Profile picture of the author severt
    Microsoft will never send out an e-mail to us like this because for one simple reason:
    They earn a gazillion of dollars on advertisements that are running on these hotmail pages.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jordan Kovats
    By the time I try and respond with fake information, my browser has already identifed the site as unsafe. Why people try to keep pulling this crap off is beyond me.
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    • Profile picture of the author Rikki_Fawkes
      The latest scam I've gotten is the "Your Fedex Shipment". I almost was tempted to click on it one time after I had recently shipped about five packages. But before I opened it, I realized I didn't have the account attached to that email. Thankfully I averted that disaster.
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    • Profile picture of the author Rikki_Fawkes
      Originally Posted by theseoguys View Post

      By the time I try and respond with fake information, my browser has already identifed the site as unsafe. Why people try to keep pulling this crap off is beyond me.
      Because it evidently works for some people - think about the fear factor involved.
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  • Profile picture of the author KillerDM
    If in doubt, hit the website by typing the URL into the address bar manually.

    When you login you will see legitimate user messages or alerts or calls to action. Reputable sites always use their sites to handle such things, so feel free to discard all emails and just login directly to check.
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