account update (final notice) email received / fraud warning

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My sister received the below email and clearly it is fraud to get people's private information such as date of birth, passwords, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

Windows Live Team Alert Confirmation

This message is from our data base center to all free Hot mail account owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center. We are deleting all unused accounts to create more space for new accounts. To prevent your account from closing,

you will have to update it below so we will know that it's a presently used account. To do this, You have to click on your reply button to reply back to this message and then you fill the information below.

* User name : ...........

* Password: ...........

* Date of Birth: .........

* Country Or Territory: .....

 

Characters:

 

Enter the 8 characters you see

 

 

YOUR DETAILS WILL NOT BE SHARED.

 

Warning!!! Account owner that fails to verify his/her account after two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

 

Sincerely,

The Windows Live Hotmail Team

 

 

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