Warning--New Scam

September 27, 2008

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

September 27, 2008

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

>

September 27, 2008

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

September 27, 2008

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.