Warning--New Scam

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It looks legit. Tell all your friends and the kids.

[Windows Live Hotmail Logo]

Dear Account User

This Email is from Hotmail Customer Care and we are sending it to every
Hotmail Email User 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 was among those to be deleted. We are
sending this email to you so that you can verify and let us know if you
still want to use this account. If you are still interested please confirm
your account by filling the space below.Your User name, password, date of
birth and your country information would be needed to verify your account.

Due to the congestion in all Hotmail users and removal of all unused Hotmail
Accounts, Hotmail would be shutting down all unused Accounts, You will have
to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information below after
clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended within 24 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 Hotmail Team
 
Re: Warning--New Scam

An obvious BIG SCAM.
"Thip" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:6k7a41F6f83hU1@mid.individual.net...
> It looks legit. Tell all your friends and the kids.
>
> [Windows Live Hotmail Logo]
>
> Dear Account User
>
> This Email is from Hotmail Customer Care and we are sending it to every
> Hotmail Email User 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 was among those to be deleted. We
> are sending this email to you so that you can verify and let us know if
> you still want to use this account. If you are still interested please
> confirm your account by filling the space below.Your User name, password,
> date of birth and your country information would be needed to verify your
> account.
>
> Due to the congestion in all Hotmail users and removal of all unused
> Hotmail Accounts, Hotmail would be shutting down all unused Accounts, You
> will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information
> below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended
> within 24 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 Hotmail Team
>
>
>
 
Re: Warning--New Scam

On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:50:31 -0400, Thip wrote:

> It looks legit. Tell all your friends and the kids.

Doesn't look legit at all. Never saw a real Hotmail message with "Dear
Account User". They all have, simply, "To: %User_ID@hotmail.com". Or "To:
User", where "User" is the nym configured in Windows Live Messenger for
other contacts to see.

Also, this is just a variation on a theme I saw shortly after setting up my
first Hotmail account in 1999. Solomon (author of Ecclesiastes) was right:
"There is nothing new under the sun".

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum
 
Re: Warning--New Scam

I'm fully aware these scams have been around for a long time. This one
arrived with a very authentic-looking logo. I worry about folks who are new
to the Internet and may be susceptible to things like this. The warning was
for them and for friends/relatives of folks in this ng.

"Thip" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:6k7a41F6f83hU1@mid.individual.net...
> It looks legit. Tell all your friends and the kids.
>
> [Windows Live Hotmail Logo]
>
> Dear Account User
>
> This Email is from Hotmail Customer Care and we are sending it to every
> Hotmail Email User 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 was among those to be deleted. We
> are sending this email to you so that you can verify and let us know if
> you still want to use this account. If you are still interested please
> confirm your account by filling the space below.Your User name, password,
> date of birth and your country information would be needed to verify your
> account.
>
> Due to the congestion in all Hotmail users and removal of all unused
> Hotmail Accounts, Hotmail would be shutting down all unused Accounts, You
> will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information
> below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended
> within 24 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 Hotmail Team
>
>
>
 
Re: Warning--New Scam

From: "Thip" <me@privacy.net>

| I'm fully aware these scams have been around for a long time. This one
| arrived with a very authentic-looking logo. I worry about folks who are new
| to the Internet and may be susceptible to things like this. The warning was
| for them and for friends/relatives of folks in this ng.

This is phishing.

Such messages should be sent to those who deal with it.

Full Header and Body of the email message should be sent to...

phishing@webwasher.com

pirt@castlecops.com

reportphishing@antiphishing.org

scams@fraudwatchinternational.com


--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
 
Re: Warning--New Scam

> It looks legit. Tell all your friends and the kids.
>
> [Windows Live Hotmail Logo]
>
> Dear Account User
>
> This Email is from Hotmail Customer Care and we are sending it to
> every Hotmail Email User 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 was among
> those to be deleted. We are sending this email to you so that you can
> verify and let us know if you still want to use this account. If you
> are still interested please confirm your account by filling the space
> below.Your User name, password, date of birth and your country
> information would be needed to verify your account.
> Due to the congestion in all Hotmail users and removal of all unused
> Hotmail Accounts, Hotmail would be shutting down all unused Accounts,
> You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login
> Information below after clicking the reply button, or your account
> will be suspended within 24 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 Hotmail Team

That's phishing scam and should be reported to phishing@hotmail.com I
think is the address, if it still works. Send the spam as an attachment
to your email; don't just copy it from the screen.

HTH
 
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