[kKFB1BxX]

I got this email in my hotmail account from the "windows Live Team" - email is member_services1116@hotmail.com
Dear Account Owner

We encountered a problem with our database and a lot of records were lost, we are restoring our database to enable us serve you better. Your Windows Live! Account details are required so as to store in our database to keep your account active. Failure to do this will lose his or her account permanently.

To update and enable us restore your account details in our data base to keep your account active, you are required to provide us the details below urgently. Click the reply button to enter details below.

* Name: .....................................
* User Name: .............................
* Password: ...............................
* Date of Birth: ..........................
* Country Or Territory: ..............


Make sure the details above are correct to enable us restore your account details, this will help prevent your account from been suspended.

Note: YOUR DETAILS WILL NOT BE SHARED.
Users have often told us that the more they use Windows Live! Service, the more they discover its benefits. We'll keep working on making Windows Live! the best email service around, and we appreciate your joining us for the ride.

Sincerely,
The Windows Live Hotmail Team


**** Craddock

Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
USA



Given there is no link to enter my details, but I have to respond in a email makes me think it's a scam, who is going to enter data manually these days?

Also the 1116 in the email address is dodgy.

It's a scam right?

[derty]

It's a load of crap for about a million reasons.

1) Hotmail wouldn't put the Microsoft corporate address at the bottom of an email
2) There are loads of grammatical errors
3) I doubt they would email you from a @hotmail.com email address
4) If they have enough of the database to restore the accounts then all they would need is your email address....which they just emailed you on.
5) Most importantly, Microsoft say it's a scam...http://windowslivehelp.com/thread.as...4-3dbb159e64b4

[Saqwnht]

Any email that asks you to enter your password/online banking codes/etc. details is a SCAM. No reputable organisation will send you an email asking for them.

[kKFB1BxX]

Thanks guys, backed up exactly what I was thinking.

[ananciguinter]

If you've even got to ask, it's a fake.

[kKFB1BxX]

I guess I was just wondering if someone had a heard of this exact scam.

I would love to smack the barstards around that sent me the email. In fact I hope it was the guy who got shot by his son in the other thread [rofl]