Message Received :
Important Notice Regarding Your Hotmail Account,
We recently teamed up with Apple for a one-time promotion event today and we are giving away free Apple iPads to randomly selected people who have email account with hotmail. You have been selected as one of our newest winner for this promotion. We randomly
choos numbers to match up with hotmail addresses and your email address matched with our latest drawing...
Hotmail, inc
Corporate Promotions
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, Wa 98052
Here is the email I received from *** Email address is removed for privacy ***
Dear Account Owner,
VIRUS NOTIFICATION
A DGTFX Virus has been detected in your folders. Your email account has to be upgraded to our new Secured DGTFX anti-virus 2012 version to prevent damages to our web mail log and to your important files. Click your reply tab, Fill the columns below
and send back to us or your email account will be terminated to avoid spread of the virus.
Note that your password will be encrypted with 1024-bit RSA keys for your password safety
* Full Name:......................................
* Password:........................................
* Date of Birth: ................................
* Country Or Territory:................
Warning!!! Account owner that fails to verify his/her account after two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.
Microsoft respects your privacy. To learn more, please read our online privacy statement:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=741
You received this email because you subscribed to Windows Live Alerts.This is a non monitored email account. This email was sent by Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052. ?2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved
Please remember Hotmail, Messenger and SkyDrive may be accessed directly from your phone or phone's web browser. For more info, see Get mail on your phone, Get Messenger on your phone, and Get SkyDrive on your phone.
The Windows Live Team
We remain focused on making Hotmail, Messenger, SkyDrive and your Windows PC the best that they can be. Note that this change has no impact on your ability to access Hotmail, Messenger, and Skydrive.
Thanks for your understanding and patience as we update our services.
The Windows Live Team
I received this message...
Dear irisj,
We are sending you this e-mail because Microsoft SmartScreen Technology has detected that your account information is not correct.
This may be because your Hotmail account was accessed from an unfamiliar computer or you have made changes in your account information.
Due , to this you will need to re-activate it your account by simply logging in on the following link:
http://www.hotmail.com/wlive&react/h02/index.php
Failure to activate your account in 24 hours may result in permanent account suspension.
In most situations, you should be able to activate your account in less than one minute.
Regards,
WindowsLive Security Team
Microsoft respects your privacy. Please read our online Privacy Statement.
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation.
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
I didn't know if it was real or not... has anyone else received this message? Did you hit the link?
We are sending you this e-mail because Microsoft SmartScreen Technology has detected that your account information is not correct.
This may be because your Hotmail account was accessed from an unfamiliar computer or you have made changes in your account information.
Due , to this you will need to re-activate it your account by simply logging in on the following link:
http://www.hotmail.com/wlive&react/h02/index.php
Failure to activate your account in 24 hours may result in permanent account suspension.
In most situations, you should be able to activate your account in less than one minute.
Regards,
WindowsLive Security Team
Microsoft respects your privacy. Please read our online Privacy Statement.
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation.
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
I just got a message with the above subject line. It looks like a phishing attack to me. Can someone confirm this? Below is the body of the message.
Dear *** Email address is removed for privacy ***,
We are sending you this e-mail because Microsoft SmartScreen Technology has detected that your account information is not correct.
This may be because your Hotmail account was accessed from an unfamiliar computer or you have made changes in your account information.
Due , to this you will need to re-activate it your account by simply logging in on the following link:
http://www.hotmail.com/wlive&react/h02/index.php
Failure to activate your account in 24 hours may result in permanent account suspension.
In most situations, you should be able to activate your account in less than one minute.
Regards,
WindowsLive Security Team
Microsoft respects your privacy. Please read our online Privacy Statement.
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation.
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
subject line:
Msg-ID- 47n3 - E-mail Alert! - (June 19 , 2012 - Microsoft )
email content:
Dear _____________________________(I removed my email from this posting for security reasons),
We are sending you this e-mail because Microsoft SmartScreen Technology has detected that your account information is not correct.
This may be because your Hotmail account was accessed from an unfamiliar computer or you have made changes in your account information.
Due , to this you will need to re-activate it your account by simply logging in on the following link:
http://www.hotmail.com/wlive&react/h02/index.php
Failure to activate your account in 24 hours may result in permanent account suspension.
In most situations, you should be able to activate your account in less than one minute.
Regards,
WindowsLive Security Team
Microsoft respects your privacy. Please read our online Privacy Statement.
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation.
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
From: *** Email address is removed for privacy ***
To: *** Email address is removed for privacy ***
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:59:34 +0000
Subject: Msg-ID- 86y1 - E-mail Alert! - (June 19 , 2012 - Microsoft )
To: *** Email address is removed for privacy ***
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:59:34 +0000
Subject: Msg-ID- 86y1 - E-mail Alert! - (June 19 , 2012 - Microsoft )
Dear *** Email address is removed for privacy ***,
We are sending you this e-mail because Microsoft SmartScreen Technology has detected that your account information is not correct.
This may be because your Hotmail account was accessed from an unfamiliar computer or you have made changes in your account information.
Due , to this you will need to re-activate it your account by simply logging in on the following link:
http://www.hotmail.com/wlive&react/h02/index.php
Failure to activate your account in 24 hours may result in permanent account suspension.
In most situations, you should be able to activate your account in less than one minute.
Regards,
WindowsLive Security Team
Microsoft respects your privacy. Please read our online Privacy Statement.
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation.
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
I have just received an email (copied text below) telling me my account needs to be re-activated and I need to do this by following a link provided in the email itself. It sounds a bit suspicious, but I wouldn't want my account to be de-activated. Does anyone know or has received a similar email or should I regard this as a phishing scam?
thanks,
the address of the sender shows as: "Hotmail.Teaml.ID-6755.uk@wlive-hot.msg.ju3ne.fytq.microsoft-smartstart-tech.co.uk" I thought it was odd that the email address is from UK, yet the
address in the text is from a location within the US.Thetext of the email follows:
- *** Email address is removed for privacy ***
- Send email
- Find email
"We are sending you this e-mail because Microsoft SmartScreen Technology has detected that your account information is not correct.
This may be because your Hotmail account was accessed from an unfamiliar computer or you have made changes in your account information.
Due , to this you will need to re-activate it your account by simply logging in on the following link:
http://www.hotmail.com/wlive&react/h02/index.php
Failure to activate your account in 24 hours may result in permanent account suspension.
In most situations, you should be able to activate your account in less than one minute.
Regards,
WindowsLive Security Team
Microsoft respects your privacy. Please read our online Privacy Statement.
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation.
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052"
Dear Account User,
This email is from Windows Live Customer Care
. We are sending it to all account owners for account upgrade. We are experiencing network congestion due to anonymous registration of email accounts. To prevent this, we are shutting down unconfirmed accounts and your account is scheduled to be deactivated.
Kindly verify and let us know if your account is still valid. Click on the reply button and fill in your information:
This email is from Windows Live Customer Care
. We are sending it to all account owners for account upgrade. We are experiencing network congestion due to anonymous registration of email accounts. To prevent this, we are shutting down unconfirmed accounts and your account is scheduled to be deactivated. Kindly verify and let us know if your account is still valid. Click on the reply button and fill in your information:
User Name:...................................................
Password:.....................................................
Reconfirm Password:....................................
Year of Birth:...............................................
Country or Territory:.......................................
Enter the 8 characters you see
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 owners who refuse to update their accounts after receiving this warning will lose their accounts permanently.
Sincerely,
The Windows Live Team
Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft respects your privacy. Please read our online privacy statement. Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft way, Redmond, WA 98052, USA
Password:.....................................................
Reconfirm Password:....................................
Year 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 owners who refuse to update their accounts after receiving this warning will lose their accounts permanently.
The Windows Live Team
Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft respects your privacy. Please read our online privacy statement. Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft way, Redmond, WA 98052, USA
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