fabcakes Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 be carfull of dodgey emails i have had 2 of the same email saying Windows Live™ Account Shutdown it looks very convinceing it is a spam mail it ask's for your detail witch something like this wouldent do this is what it looks like in writing it dose look a convicenig email i know its a spam but not everyone can so just be carefull Microsoft® respects your privacy. Please read Carefully. Dear Account Owner, This Email is from Windows Live™ Hotmail Customer Care™® and we are sending to all our account user for safety. Due to the anonymous registration of our account which is bringing congestion's to our service, so we are shutting down some account and your account is among. The purpose of this email is for you to verify that you are the owner of this account and you are still using it by filling the information below after clicking on the reply button: anything that asks you for this is not to be trusted * Full Name:.................................. * User Name:................................ * Password:.................................. * Date of Birth:.............................. * Country Or Territory:............... After following the above instructions your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to this effect. We apologize for any inconveniences. Warning!!! Account owner's that refuses to update there account after three days of receiving this warning will lose the account permanently. NOTE: Click Reply To Fill in Required Information Sincerely, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazuya Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Fake my friend. You get them so regularly now -___- Considering paying for a spam filter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabcakes Posted June 5, 2011 Author Share Posted June 5, 2011 or changeing my email server but i carnt i have so many emails to the eamil address i use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza58 Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Thanks for the warning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VideoPro Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 The email is genuine. Microsoft now use six year old Nigerian children to write up termination of service notices. Or is it a fake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Norton anti-virus has good spam blocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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