Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: DickyD on January 12, 2012, 05:00:59 pm
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Anyone like to hazard a guess as to whether this is a genuine e'mail or not. It comes complete with all the correct logos.
Dear ***********************
This e-mail has been sent to you by WindowsLive Hotmail to inform you that we were unable to verify your account details. This might be due to either of the following reasons:
1. A recent change in your personal information. (eg: address, phone)
2. Submitting incorrect information during register process.
Due to this, to ensure that your email service is not interrupted, we request you to confirm and update your information today by following the link below
https://login.hotmail****************192/windwoslive52671/login_******************************************************
If you have already confirmed your information then please disregard this message.
Regards,
Hotmail member service
Altered the above to stop people trying it out to see what happens. Sorry Dicky. :}
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Hi, I would think that if you have used Hotmail and can still use your Hotmail email service it is a scam.
regards Roy
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If they ask you to follow a link then it is almost certainly a scam. You can presumably verify your Hotmail details are correct independently anyway.
Colin
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Scam to get your passwords - or other sensitive details.............
Delete it forthwith - dont follow the link...
Carl
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Thanks chaps.
Just got this from Hotmail.
Hi ,
The email you received is a hoax. Windows Live Hotmail will never ask its customers to give out their personal information such as account password. I suggest that you report this to the Windows Live Hotmail Customer Support (Abuse Team). You can contact them by sending a support request to abuse@hotmail.com.
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i had the same thing with B.T saying there was a security problem & i need to fill in password username etc it looked very real to all the bt logo's untill i got to the bottom of the page & there was some name that i thought this cant be right! i delete them all the time now
also whad a call on the land line 'from a indian man say that my computer was at risk & that i needed to update my anti virus with him & giving passwords out!! i said no thanks & ended the call any way when i turned on the computer later that night i found that all my anti virus etc was turned off now theres no way i would have turned that off!!!! im wondering if the phone call was to do with this??
regards ray
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I get about one every week from 'Banks' I've never ever been in let alone banked with.
I can't get any more on my banned list so I delete them all manually without opening anything.
Ned
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Thought I'd mentioned this one last year. Had to send a bulk e-mail to my address book to inform I wasn't in a hotel in Spain and didn't need £1000 to settle a bill. Got to know about it early as SWTSMBO replied verbally across the living room after she'd received an E-mail.
Clue as stated was Hotmail NEVER ask for a password confirmation on a circular. Looked very authentic though.
Regards Ian :embarrassed:
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Scam Scam Scam, delete it and all others asking you to 'verify' your account, weather it be Hotmail, banks, Paypal or anything else. I get similar emails from banks that I've never even had an account with, which obviously sets alarm bells ringing, forward them all to the respective organisations security departments so they can try and track these scumbags down. Also, if any organisation calls on the 'phone and asks 'security questions' politely decline, weather they are genuine or not, especially with mobiles, you never know who may be listening. <*< <*< :police: :police: :-))
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Google is generally your friend here. Pick a representative sample of the suspicious wording (no bank name or other variable data) and google it - you will get an answer quite fast! Real companies very rarely email cold - they have your telephone number.
http://www.millersmiles.co.uk/archives/119 (http://www.millersmiles.co.uk/archives/119) may be of interest. 7 Oct 2009, about half-way down...
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Clue in link - "windwoslive ???
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Could an admin maybe change the link in the first message ?
I don't want an unknowing person to click the link O0
Very wise ... Have now done so to stop this happening.
Ken
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could an admin maybe change the link in the first message ?
dont want an unknowing person to click the link O0
I already changed it. :-))
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Thank you DickyD. :-))
Ken
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The scammers are getting so good, they can reproduce logos, letterheads, etc so authentically.
As said, dump them and if your block list is full delete the oldest blocks, so you can add the new ones.
My experience is, scammers seldom scam you again from the same address, they will use the same scam but from a different location, if not multiple ones.
My view is, some internet sellers sell customers email address's, as the only place I have used that address is on line.
My ISP provides me with multiple email address's.
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I use Magic Mail Monitor (free download) to check what is on the server before downloading anything.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mmm3/files/
It allows you to delete any suspicious messages straight from the server.
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I use Magic Mail Monitor (free download) to check what is on the server before downloading anything.
http://www.geeba.org/magic/
It allows you to delete any suspicious messages straight from the server.
Just had a look at geeba.org, {:-{ {:-{ {:-{ it's all Russian to me. O0 O0 O0
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i used to get a lot of dodgy emails before i changed my ISP . i miss them. i now no longer have multimillionaire uncles who died in tragic circumstances or items purchased by nigerian buyers, never to be paid for.