I Received A Alert Email Requesting My Hotmail Information...is This Legit?

Account Alert Dear Valued Member, Due to the congestion in all Hotmail users and removal of all unused Hotmail Accounts, Hotmail would be shutting down all unused and unconfirmed Hotmail Accounts, You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Info below after clicking the reply botton, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons. User Name: ................. 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 inconvenience. Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account before two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

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Answer #1: Posted by anyavnclv on September 30th, 2010 7:25 PM

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Hi there,

This is not legit. Someone is trying to get your personal information to hack your account. I would click your "report/spam" button on the email.

Hotmail will NEVER ask you for personal information such as your password via email.

Good luck, and have a great day!

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