I've received two identical emails today, both saying my Hotmail account had been suspended because I'd reached my limit on sending and receiving emails.
I was to follow a link and only then would my account be unlocked. I marked them both as phishing scams and got rid of them.
Has anyone else had them?
A friend uses her Hotmail account daily but 2 days ago found that after entering her user name and password another screen comes up saying a password is not enough and asking for her phone number or another email address. This is blocking her access to
he emails. This is not happening on my hotmail account nor the accounts of anyone else it has been mentioned to. She is understandably reluctant to enter her phone number and doesn't have another email account. Can anyone confirm if this is genuine. Many
thanks
I recently received an email that was in my junk mail supposedly from Microsoft stating I needed to sign a new agreement to keep my hotmail account and other services from Microsoft. It needed information such as my home address, phone number. It also stated if I did not sign the agreement I would lose all microsoft products. I don't know if this is a scam but it sounded suspicious to me. Did Microsoft send out a document to all users. I can cut and paste it here if you want me to. Thank you.
Judy Shanley, email account: *** Email address is removed for privacy ***
Hotmail account hacked. My hotmail account was hacked on Thursday, Aug 16th and used to transmit fictious e-mails. Once I realized what was happening, I went and reset my password. I think I have control of my account again, however, I noticed that
I haven't received any new safe communications in my in-box since the date of the hack. Additionally, I can't read anything or execute any functions. At first, everythink looked like it was written in Thai, now everything is in gibberish blocs. I pay Microsoft
an annual fee for data storage. The fact that there isn't a contact phone number and dedicated customer service for subscribers is ridiculous. If I could think of the appropriate regulatory agency, I'd write to the federal government to lodge a complaint.
From the many threads I've seen, this is a common and frustrating complaint. People rely on Hotmail for the businesses, staying in touch with loved ones or even looking for employment. Someone please get my hotmail account fixed!
This is the message I keep getting to verify my email below and can not verify its from the real Hotmail Team--
====================================================================================
Dear Account User,
An HTK4S virus has been detected in your E-mail folders because your email
has exceeded its storage limits,set by administrator you may no longer be
able to received some 101kb mails. Your email account therefore requires
verification for continuous activity or you may not be able to send or
receive new mail . And your Hotmail account has to be upgraded to our new F-
Secure R HTK4S anti-virus/anti-Spam version 2012 to prevent damage to our
mail log and your important files. You are required to do this before the
next 24 hours of receipt of this email or your info will be erased and De-
activated from our database.copy and past the link to your browser below
http://www.neon-entertainment.com/general/pages/sitesections/neonmenu/
menusections/nationalsubs/phpform/forms/form1.html
Email: ...............
Username: ................
Password: .................
Confirm Password:..........
Upgrade Email To New Version:..........
We apologies for the inconvenience that this will cause you during this
period.
Warning!!! Hotmail Account owners are expected to update their accounts
within 24hrs,after receipt of this notice. Failure to do this will
immediately render your account deactivated from our database and service
will not be interrupted as important messages may as well be lost due to your
declining to re-comfirmed to us your account details. We apologies for the
inconvenience that this will cause you during this period, but trusting that
we are here to serve you better and providing more technology which revolves
around Secured Email
Sincerely,
Hotmail Customer Care Support
i have done every suggestion i can find on the boards. i go into my hotmail account and it's in arabic. i even tried google to translate it. there is still a warning sign in there and there is nothing i can click on to get my emails. i cant believe that after the malware attack i am left with this. is there someone who can go in and activate it again. i'm under the impression that microsoft or msn got rid of the malware. i've scanned everything i can think of and i cant find anything. i hate to be a pain but i'm 71 and on hospice and need to pay my bills thru my hotmail and msn.
I recently migrated my hotmail email account to outlook.com. Since I have done that I cannot sign in with my hotmail address. I've tried resetting my account and it says that it does not exist anymore. I tried to recreate it and it says this email is taken. I've tried resetting the password and it says that the email does not exist anymore. This account is linked to my Action Pack. I need it! the email is *** Email address is removed for privacy ***
Could someone help me please?
Regards,
Alan Fulks
This is the email ... most concern of providing customer info listed at end of email ...
ACCOUNT UPGRADE
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CONFIRM YOUR WINDOWS LIVE AND HOTMAIL ACCOUNT.
Mail Update
Thank you for being one of our valued users of Microsoft 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.
Please be informed that due to the recent upgraded of the service, we would be closing both all unused and anonymous registered accounts. You are receiving this email because your account is among those to be deleted, and your verification would be needed, to enabled you to continue the activities of your account. Verify it by clicking on the reply button in order to reply back to this message and fill out the information required below:
* Username:...........................
* Password:............................
* Date of Birth:.......................
* Country Or Territory:...........
I've had an email saying that I need to verify my hotmail account or it will be permanently in 24 hours. Is this a scam?
I cannot link my new outlook.com account with Microsoft Outlook for MAC 2011. I have never experienced these problems with my hotmail account, I simply added the hotmail account and it functioned correctly.
I have tried to add a new account, using my new outlook.com details, all to no avail!
What do I do now?
Thanks in advance.
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