SecurityRatty: Hotmail users need to read this ASAP

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Hotmail users need to read this ASAP

2008-08-13 01:14:31 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog

Read this post and dont fall for it folks.

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Windows Live Hotmail Accounts Phishing Scam- Users Beware

A new phishing scam on Windows Live Hotmail Account is in progress and all users are warned by Microsoft not to respond to this mail. The phishing mail sent from @hotmail says that its from Hotmail team and asks users to verify the Hotmail account. Microsoft says that this phishing scam is intended to hijack accounts. Emails with the subject “Hotmail Warning (Verify Your Hotmail Account Now to Avoid it Closed)” are not generated by Microsoft, and are just designed to fool unsuspecting users into handing over their sensitive data to attackers.