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PHISHING XPEDISION?

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Archived post from October 3, 2012. Product: Hotmail – no longer developed by its maker. Details may be out of date.

Question asked on Oct 3, 2012

DEAR SIR OR MADAM;


I RECENTLY GOT THIS MESSAGE BY E-MAIL:

From: *** Email address is removed for privacy ***
To: *** Email address is removed for privacy ***
Subject: FINAL WARNING FOR GENERAL ACCOUNT UPDATE
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 02:39:51 -0400


Dear Valid User,

Update your account to avoid been locked, click here to update your account now. We apologies for any inconvenience.

Thank you
Customer Care

IF THIS IS A REAL MESSAGE FROM MICROSOFT, WHY DON'T YOU HIRE SOMEONE WHO IS LITERATE IN ENGLISH?  IF, AS I SUSPECT, IT IS A PHISHING XPEDITION WHY DON';T YOU PUT "TINA" IN PRISON?

Best RFegards

Dave

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