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Beware - Email scam from "hotmail" asking for your user name and password

by satrap
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Another scam email. Please beware of it and dont fall for it.

I just received this email:

Our email address is changing! To ensure you continue to receive important emails regarding your Hotmail service, you'll need to please confirm if your E-mail is still active, filling out your log in information below after clicking the reply button or your account would be suspended within 48 hours for security reasons

User name:-
Password:-
Date of Birth:-
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 two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

Sincerely,
The Windows Live Hot mail Team
AFTER VERIFICATION,A MESSAGE WILL BE SENT TO YOU AFTER WHICH YOU ARE ADVISED TO CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD IMMEDIATELY.

For more information or for general questions regarding your e-mail account, please visit Windows Live Hotmail Help. Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA © 2011 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved


It seems legit and all, but the sender's email, is something like l..ar4841@msn.com and that obviously is not hotmail or MSN's official email. Plus, hotmail will never ask you to give them your user name and password like this.

There is a lot of this kinds of activity is going on at this time of the year, so never open a link from somebody who you do not know and if in some cases its from a company you may be dealing with, always hover over the link to see where the actual URL points to, or simply contact the company using their actual contact info on their site (not by replying to these fake emails) to see if they did actually emailed you.

Also, you may want to read Bill's (TPW) thread where he warns about the new fake email from The Better Business Bureau.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    I think this one is funny. It's like phoning someone and then saying "who is this" when they answer.

    If YOU just emailed me, you have my address, don't ya? If people fall for this one, they'll fall for anything. That's a list that could be profitable....
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    • Profile picture of the author satrap
      Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

      I think this one is funny. It's like phoning someone and then saying "who is this" when they answer.

      If YOU just emailed me, you have my address, don't ya? If people fall for this one, they'll fall for anything. That's a list that could be profitable....
      Exactly Kay!

      But, the sad thing is though, a lot of us do fall for these things. So, I think the more we talk about this stuff and have it out there, the more people would know about it and hopefully the more people would realize its a scam.
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