garycxp Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 from user_confirmationofactivation@hotmail.com <Dear Hotmail? User, The MSN Hotmail servers are currently under heavy stress due to unproportional usage of our email services. Thus The Hotmail Staff has decided to reduce the number of Hotmail accounts by a huge margin to regain its potential. All accounts which are currently not under use shall be removed permanently from our web servers. If you wish to retain your Hotmail account kindly send an email to confirmationofactivation@hotmail.com with the subject as "CONFIRMATION" and the message body containing the following details seperated by colons;)) Login ; Password ; Date of Birth ; Country Accounts not confirmed shall be rendered terminated. MSN Hotmail? sincerely regrets the inconvenience caused to its clients. The Hotmail Staff> and in reply to me telling them to **** off Dear Hotmail? User, Sorry we could not register your details. This may be because they are incorrect or have been mispelled. Please try again as soon as possible. Thank you for your co-operation. The Hotmail Staff. I have reported it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 How dumb do they think we are If people didn't fall for it....the scammers wouldn?t take the time to send the messages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dick Montage Subscriber² Posted September 17, 2003 Subscriber² Share Posted September 17, 2003 You know, some fools actually fall for this stuff. Hell people still even send money to Nigeria to clain the $45m. I have a friend who works in marketing, he told me the following: The phone competitions where there are 2 DUMB answers and one BLINDINGLY OBVIOUS one? People still get them wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacidz Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 Sounds to me like a scam. Hotmail have never to my knowledge EVER asked for username and password in a email. Think its a scam man, and they are pretty easy to pull off. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x_ricky_x Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 how lame... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evizu Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 how lame... Yeah, but doesn't that rule apply with all spammers ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi Son Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 If it is not on the hotmail.com homepage it is fake. Plus hotmail does not send you emails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.ZAk Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 thats an old trick , i thought people stop doing that ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threetonesun Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 Remember people posing as AIM admins? Or chat room admins at Yahoo! Oh the good old days. Now you could totally fork someone over if you pulled it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booyah! Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 "unproportional"??????? Scammers should check their grammar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUTZIFER Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 I just ignore those messages, but what really sucks, is when a bunch of n00bie friends email ya tons of messages about how Hotmail is gonna close your account if you don't do this or that, etc. etc. Those messages from your own friends are more annoying than the spam messages themselves. So yeah, lots of people do fall for crap like that, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premgenius Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 Scam!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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