"Hotmail Account Alert !!!"

I recieved a "Hotmail Account Alert !!!" email. Is this a scam? from what u can see here, the email came from [email protected], a funny email id for live.com admin. When i clicked on reply, another reply email id came up([email protected]). How do i check if the email is a valid email from live.com admin? Owh btw I've checked out the IP address, its from Lagos Nigeria.


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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Hotmail Account Alert !!!
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 12:01:40 +0000

Member Letter






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

This is a phishing attempt. The Nigeria IP means that it was sent by a scammer who wants to get into your email account, most likely to either (a) send out thousand of scam letters using your email or (b) send an email to all of your friends, pretending that you are stranded somewhere, and telling them to send money to help you.

Either way, delete it and move on.

Hotmail will actually never send you an email that requires you type in your password in an email response. Any email like this, no matter where it comes from, is a scam.

Hi Heartbroken
A good course of action is to immediately report the suspect email directly to hotmail.
They may be able to track the culprit from the headers.
Thankyou for posting the article as it warns others.

How do I make the report to hotmail?

Hi Heartbroken35

If you report it to hotmail, he will just open a new account and carry on his phishing attempts.

The best thing is to leave it so potential victims can find this thread!

Go to hotmail and select Options. At the bottom of the page click on Feedback and the feedback page will load.
Also try sending an email to [email protected].
There is a phone number to ring. Probably a number in the U.S. by the sounds of it. Not sure if the phone number is any use but 1 800 386 5550.
As Norman says, new addresses can be created quickly and he will just carry on with his fraudulant activity.

As a general rule, phishing websites should be reported, but there is little value in reporting free emails used for phishing.

Hi may i suggest that all these scams are from out of england if some1 in england done this the police takes it more seriouse then again nothing is getting done
the thing is i had a top of the range phone i sold it over a site and it was an bank account email sent to me
and it was ment to b i sent the phone then £700 is wired to my account
it has now been 4 weeks i have not recieved my money and am qwite anoid at the fact,
there are asking for upfront fee before they credit my account is this a scam?? please send replys to my email address which is [email protected]


Personal information removed - contact this member by posting here. or by Private Message - Michelle

Welcome Rachel,

Michelle removed your email address as posting it will only attract spammers and scammers.

Just to clarify--I'm not certain why you think all of these scams are from England? That really isn't the case. In fact, many scammers claim to be in England, but are not even on the same continent. Scams come from all over the world, with a heavier concentration in some areas. This particular one (and many using this same format) traces to Nigeria, where law enforcement is not going to take action.