When attempting to upgrade to Hotmail Plus, this message window appears:

“No ads, more storage

You get more with Hotmail Plus, but it looks like it’s not available in your market.... but if you‘re able to pay with U.S. dollars, you can still get it—for only $19.95 a year.”

I was born in Tennessee and lived my entire life in the United States with a current address since opening the Hotmail account in Searcy County, Arkansas.  The Hotmail Plus Billing agent who instructed me by phone to  appeal to the Community, said that I was correct to be concerned since that message is displayed to accounts owned by users in other countries; Canada was specifically mentioned in the phone conversation.  I am a writer with a home office using the account with business contacts.

Can you determine if my live account, messages and manuscript attachments have been intercepted or otherwise compromised?

Thank you.-- Pat Winter