I received a message from "Windows Live8 Team" threatening to shut off my hotmail account in 48 hours if I did not give them certain information, including my date of birthday.  This sounds like a scam.  The message came from 
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Please respond ASAP.

Anne Harshbarger
I HAVE SENT AN EMAIL TO AN ADDRESS WHICH WAS CORRECT BUT PART OF THE ADDRESS SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN CAPITOL LETTERS, NOW WHEN I TYPE IN THE CORRECT ADDRESS THE AUTO FILL CORRECTS WITH THE WRONG ADDRESS. I HAVE DELETED THIS PERSON FROM MY CONTACTS IN HOTMAIL BUT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE.PLEASE HELP ME!
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    it has only  just started doing it in the past week cannot work out the problem

 

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What do the blue downwards pointing arrows next to the check boxes mean? Is there a printed list of all the symbols used in Hotmail?

I regularly delete the mail in my junk mail and then from my 'deleted' box. I find that when they land in my 'deleted' box, they seem to be opened. the number of mail going into my junk mail is constantly increasing. Stuck!!?

Do I just leave it in the junk box?

I need to retrieve an year old email which I deleted accidentally. Is there any chance of  being able to retrieve it? Email dates back to May 2011. 
i got a lot of threats from those emails :
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*** Email address is removed for privacy ***

what shoud i do ?
I unintentionally upgraded to outlook when I clicked on a 'outlook group' email.  I believe that it was dishonest for outlook group to do this to me, without my permission.

This outlook format is awful and completely user unfriendly.  How do I get my original hotmail format back?
Dont like the newoutlook at all, how can i go back to my old inbox? plus there is no way to foward an email to anybody on here, Thank You.
elimine algunos mail y perdi un mail de nombre IMPORTANTE, POR FAVOR AYUDEME A ENCONTRARLO. ES DE FECHA 27 DE JUNIO. GRACIAS