True or Fake

[skippednote]

VERIFY YOUR ACCOUNT TO AVOID DEACTIVATION ( KXIII2VZQ4 )??‏
From: <img style="display: none;" webimdisplaystyle="inline" id="P___4435442"> Windows Live Hotmail (accountdept1@windowslive.com)
You may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as unsafe Sent: 26 December 2008 20:59PM To: ******@hotmail.com.
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 congestions 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 you this email to 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.

* Username:.............................
* 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

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Pls Verify....

[rhitwick]

The letter format is of a typical phishing mail.
IMHO Don't respond.

[JojoTheDragon]

^+1

[Ecko]

Fake
+100
Remember they will always itroduce you by ur name

[DeSmOnD dAvId]

Respond F.O.



Just kidding, don't respond.

[Kl@w-24]

Fake. I've received mails claiming to be from banks where I don't even have an account!

[mrintech]

Fake

[raksrules]

In such cases we should respond / reply (if there is a link then dont click that) with junk information like

Username: you_a$$^&*(
pass: <some hindi swear word>

[mrintech]

^^^

[alexanderthegreat]

I'll tell you a nice way to check! This was taught to me by an "America's Army Forum" Moderator.

Copy the text and open it in MS word. Press F7. If ANY grammatical errors are highlighted, you can rest assured that its fake! Genuine official messages are always perfect in terms of spelling and grammar. And this one coming from microsoft should even more so! Also, fake notices ask for more information than necessary. One more feature to look for is the sender's email address. 98% of the time it gives them away! I had one from an address like americasarmy<something more...>@gmail.com. That gave it away.

Moreover, read this:-
http://emailsupport.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!5D6F5A79A79B6708!7764.entry
Looks exactly like your's doesn't it?

[mrintech]

^^^

Good One

[red_devil]

FAKE...

btw @alexanderthegreat, nice way to check ... but what if someone is really particular about all the spellings and grammar ?? what then ?

[mad_max]

that my friend is as fake as shilpa shetty's boobs

check the headers man

[ico]

Fake.

[alexanderthegreat]

Originally Posted by n6300

FAKE...

btw @alexanderthegreat, nice way to check ... but what if someone is really particular about all the spellings and grammar ?? what then ?

You can manually check for errors which no software can check for. For example, in this one, it says one must reply with "Login Information". But later, it asks for login info, Date of birth, country etc. It requires unnecessary and quite a bit too much information. Thats an indication its fake! Also, it says that there is too much "congestion"! Do you reckon a company raking in gold will ever fall short of server storage capacity???
Also:-

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

Companies would NEVER take this tone with their customers. They won't warn, they'd be polite.

Also, look at the signature: "Sincerely, The Windows Live Hotmail". Shouldn't this be Hotmail customer care as stated in the first line? Also, if I know MS properly, I reckon they'd've included more ®s and©s and TMs than the no. of characters!

Next up, google this syntax: "will never ask you password <insert company name here like yahoo or gmail or live>". You'll mostly find an official who will state clearly that "<insert company name> will never ask you for your password....." on some official blog or the other. If you find that, you can safely reply with rak007's reply!

But phishers mostly DO(as a necessity) commit grammatical errors, you need not worry!

[skippednote]

Thank u guys for the respnd i just deleted the message...

[mrintech]

Your account will be suspended in 24 Hours

[jck]

lol

[mad_max]

Originally Posted by mrintech

Your account will be suspended in 24 Hours

roflollingggggggg

[Rockstar11]

Originally Posted by mrintech

Your account will be suspended in 24 Hours

[infra_red_dude]

You don't need any MS Word anything to check if the message is fake. Nobody will EVER ask you to give out your password/credit card number like this. If you see any of these, just hit the delete/junk button.