[NightSurfer]

I had this email about my account supposedly coming from Windowslive, is it false or genuine? Has anyone else had the same email?

Dear (my email addy)

This e-mail has been sent to you by Hotmail inform you that we were unable to verify your account details. This might be due to either of the following reasons:

1. A recent change in your personal information. (eg: address, phone)
2. Submitting incorrect information during register process.

Due to this, to ensure that your email service is not interrupted, we request you to confirm and update your information today by following the link below


https://login.hotmail.com/config/log...ify2?puser=(my e-mail addy)

If you have already confirmed your information then please disregard this message.

Regards,
Hotmail member services


Thanks for your cooperation.

[IvanIV]

It would be interesting to know if the link that is behind the URL you posted is the same or different. That's the usual trick, that there's somethng else behind. Anyway, if you are worried about your account, use the usual way to log on, do not click on the link.

[chiller15]

I would be inclined to say that the email is fake. As far as I am aware, you don't have to enter any personal information to create a Hotmail account. Even if you do, they don't check.

[max99]

You can tell a mile off that it's a fake.

If in any doubt, copy and paste a chunk of the text into Google. The results will soon tell you if it's genuine or not.

[ForestChav]

If you have to ask, it's fake. You can always sign into the site by loading it manually and see if there are any messages there.

[NightSurfer]

I googled it and the results says it's fake. In one message I found on one website it says: You received a hoax e-mail message. Remember that we never ask for your password.

Please visit this Solution entry for more information.

Visit:

http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions...it-closed.aspx

[Haruhion]

I'm sure you need a forename and surname to sign up for an account with them in the first place. Genuine emails are most likely going to use the names that you put into the fields, or at least a username.

You will rarely ever see a genuine email addressing you by "Dear ****@****.co.uk". Perhaps unless the required information is and always has been very minimal, and/or you want a password reset, but even then they wouldn't be asking you to update information that they don't need will they!