I just received a suspcious email saying I am going to be locked out and asking for my account information

24. September 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Hotmail, Outlook.com · Tags: , , ,

Here are the details of the email. I have never had Microsoft ask me for my password and I am suspicious that this is a scam. Please advise.

From: Customer Care Service [mailto:*** Email address is removed for privacy ***]
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 7:10 PM
Subject: RESET ALERT CONFIRMATION™ 2013

 

ACCOUNT@ UPDATED 

 


Dear Hotmail Subscriber,


Thank you for being one of our valued users of Windows Live Hotmail. We hope you are enjoying it and having fun using Windows Live Hotmail & other Windows Live services. We are constantly working to improve the service to you. 

Our records indicate that your account hasn't been updated by our customer care account services as part of our regular account maintenance. Reply to our Customer Care with your personal information. To avoid account lockout. Do this by clicking the reply tab.

 

* Full Name :

* Username :
* Password: 
* Date of Birth:
* Present Country Or Territory: 

 

This back up is necessary to update and to avoid lockout of your account. If you do not respond to this message you will lose your account permanently within 48hrs. Thank you for your usual co-operation we apologize for the inconvenience.

Sincerely,
Member Service Team.

I received this email, which I think is a fake, anyone else had the same thing…

03. March 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Hotmail, Outlook.com · Tags: , , ,
To *** Email address is removed for privacy ***


ACCOUNT@ UPDATED 

Dear Hotmail Subscriber,

Thank you for being one of our valued users of Windows Live Hotmail. We hope you are enjoying it and having fun using Windows Live Hotmail & other Windows Live services. We are constantly working to improve the service to you. 

Our records indicate that your account hasn't been updated by our customer care account services as part of our regular account maintenance. Reply to our Customer Care with your personal information. To avoid account lockout. Do this by clicking the reply tab.

* Full Name :
* Username :
* Password: 
* Date of Birth:
* Present Country Or Territory: 


This back up is necessary to update and to avoid lockout of your account. If you do not respond to this message you will lose your account permanently with 24hrs. Thank you for your usual co-operation we apologize for the inconvenience.

Sincerely,
Member Service Team.