Windows Live Question

[CANDY_74]

Has anyone else been getting these emails that are supposedly from Windows Live? Im thinking its spam...now am I correct in thinking this?
See Below:



Dear Account User,


This Email is from Hotmail Customer Care and we are sending it to every Hotmail Email User Accounts Owner for safety. We are experiencing congestion due to the anonymous registration of Hotmail accounts so we are shutting down some Hotmail accounts and your account was among those to be deleted. We are sending this email to you so that you can verify and let us know if you still want to use this account. If you are still interested please confirm your account by filling the space below.Your User name, password, date of birth and your country information would be needed to verify your account.

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

After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconveniences.

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.


Sincerely,
The Windows Live Team

[official soonet pu$$ycat]

Any time you get an email like this, it's a hoax. If this were to actually happen it would be all over the news and all over windows website.

[Super Gram]

Gee I wish they would delete my account. Been trying to get rid of it for a year now. I would rather have yahoo.ca for my extra account.

However in closing that is a spam letter with someone trying to take over your account. At least I think so.

[dancingqueen]

this:

Any time you get an email like this, it's a hoax. If this were to actually happen it would be all over the news and all over windows website.

[xXx Duffy xXx]

MSN specifically states in their Terms of Use that they'll never ask you for said information. Blizzard, Hotmail, MSN, Gmail, and a few other major companies experience this stuff all the time. Some kids hack the servers and get mass emails across posing as the entity they're doing the hoax through just to cause damage, get your personal information, or steal your money. A lot of people do online banking. Some places allow you to send your registration information to your email and they can then get whatever they want.

It's ill-advised to ever pay attention to this stuff. My opinion, place your real phone number in your account details (it always remains hidden). If they need to get ahold of you, they can and will call. That's the general rule I follow.

[Hans]

Spam. Ask yourself a simple question : how would they verify your Date of Birth, since they don't even know your name?

[Anapeg]

Delete it through junk. It takes 'em a while to find you again.

[SSMP]

Delete it through junk. It takes 'em a while to find you again.

Does that really make a difference?
Asking because I have never heard of this before.

[SmrtGrl]

also be careful if you have a paypal or ebay account as periodically you may receive a message asking you to verify your info as well....I don't think there is a legitimate online site that would EVER email you and ask you to verify your account information!

[xXx Duffy xXx]

Nope. That happened to my girlfreind after paypal was used about ... 5 months ago? Asked her to verify all this information. Do NOT fall for that sort of thing.

[CANDY_74]

Thanks

I figured it was a hoax but just wanted to make sure