Has anyone gotten an email from HOTMAIL telling them they are going to delete their account?

Question

in two days if they don't provide their password, date of birth, user name, etc. I just did, they said due to congestion of anonymous users they are deleting many users and mine was one if I did not provide that information. I wrote back, and said I believed a simple reply was proof enough that I was a valid user, and questioned them that many people did not get online for days at a time, and they were simply going to delete their email account??? I questioned the validity of the email, and did not provide them with the information.

The email said the sent it out to all Hotmail users. If you are a hotmail user, did you get this email? Do you think this was some sort of scam?

Answer 1

100% scam.



That is a scammer trying to hi-jack your email address to spam all your contacts and then use the account to spam hundreds/thousands of others.



Yahoo and all email companies, all banks and all companies in the entire world will NEVER ask for your password, pin or date of birth. No Exceptions Ever.



Ignore and delete that email and any others demanding such information.



If you have responded to a scammer, you are on his 'potential sucker' list, he will try again to separate you from your cash. He will send you more emails from his other free email addresses using another of his fake names with all kinds of stories of needing your password, great jobs, lottery winnings, millions in the bank and desperate, lonely, sexy singles. He will sell your email address to all his scamming buddies who will also send you dozens of fake emails all with the exact same goal, you sending them your cash via Western Union or moneygram.



Do you know how to check the header of a received email? If not, you could google for information. Being able to read the header to determine the geographic location an email originated from will help you weed out the most obvious scams and scammers. Then delete and block that scammer. Don't bother to tell him that you know he is a scammer, it isn't worth your effort. He has one job in life, convincing victims to send him their hard-earned cash.



Whenever suspicious or just plain curious, google everything, website addresses, names used, companies mentioned, phone numbers given, all email addresses, even sentences from the emails as you might be unpleasantly surprised at what you find already posted online. You can also post/ask here and every scam-warner-anti-fraud-busting site you can find before taking a chance and losing money, email address or identity to a scammer.



If you google "yahoo email phishing scam", "email hijacked viagara porn spammer" or something similar you will find hundreds of posts of victims and near victims of this type of scam.



In fact, if you check out the section here at Yahoo Answers entitled "Yahoo email, spam and bulk mail" you will find hundreds of questions from victims who have had their email address hi-jacked or spoofed by scammers sending out porn and viagara spam.

Answer 2

It's NOT from Hotmail, it's a phising scam



Close the message then from your Inbox click on the box next to the message, then choose Mark As > Phishing Scam and it will be reported to Hotmail



Hotmail will NEVER ask for your user name or password in ANY email for any reason



Hotmail does not close accounts unless there is NO activity for 6 months. As long as you are logging in, sending or receiving mail at least once every 6 months your account will never be deleted

Answer 3

This is a phising email that is trying to steal your user name and password to hack your account.

do not respond to it and delete it. Hotmail will NEVER ask for your password. as long as you are activly using your hotmail account they will not delete it

Answer 4

Whatever you do, don't ever give away info to any email llike this one. I get these from Bank of America, Hotmail, paypal and AOL. I don't use any of these sites. These are people digging for info to steal your identity and get into your personal info. They send them out to EVERYONE and sometimes, they get a bite. Don't ever respond to them.

Answer 5

I've never even signed up for hotmail.

Answer 6

Yes, it's fake.