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Hello all,
Being someone whom has been scammed before I am always keeping my eyes open for scams. Today I got the following email in one of my hotmail accounts:
The email address allocated with this were:
verifyaccountteam2020@hotmail.com
smallwhitesheen@hotmail.com
Now this has to be a scam for several reason, one they ask for your password, secondly they only give you 24 hours and thirdly, Hotmail would just look at the recent activity and deactivate an inactive account without notification. I think the cut off time is 3 months.
I urge all hotmail/live users to not give out any details on your email address to these people as you'll most likely loose all control of your site as they'll change your password and pretend to be you to your friends and family.
Being someone whom has been scammed before I am always keeping my eyes open for scams. Today I got the following email in one of my hotmail accounts:
Dear Account Owner
Due to the congestion in all Window Live Accounts we are removing all unused Accounts, Window Live would be shutting down all unused and unconfirmed Accounts, You are hereby ask to confirm your Accounts by filling out your Login Information below after clicking the reply button. Your Accounts will be suspended within 48 hours for security reasons if you refuse to reply this message.
* Username:
* 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 inconvenience.
Sincerely,
The Windows Live Team
The email address allocated with this were:
verifyaccountteam2020@hotmail.com
smallwhitesheen@hotmail.com
Now this has to be a scam for several reason, one they ask for your password, secondly they only give you 24 hours and thirdly, Hotmail would just look at the recent activity and deactivate an inactive account without notification. I think the cut off time is 3 months.
I urge all hotmail/live users to not give out any details on your email address to these people as you'll most likely loose all control of your site as they'll change your password and pretend to be you to your friends and family.