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Any hotmail users receive this email ? is it legit ?

I

isekii

Lifer
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 inform all users about the New Hotmail Terms of Use and Notices.

If you wish to retain your Hotmail account kindly press on the link bellow:

http://g.msn.com/1HM7EN/147??PS=8312

Accounts not confirmed shall be rendered terminated, you must visit the link in max. 48 hours. MSN Hotmail® sincerely regrets the inconvenience caused to its clients.

The Hotmail Staff
© 2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 
Actually yeah it's probably not legit. The link takes you to a TOS but it's a redirect. I thought emails received from Hotmail staff had a special icon?
 
It does resolve to www.bay4.hotmail.com ...

Search results for: 65.54.170.250


OrgName: Microsoft Corp
OrgID: MSFT
Address: One Microsoft Way
City: Redmond
StateProv: WA
PostalCode: 98052
Country: US

NetRange: 65.52.0.0 - 65.55.255.255
CIDR: 65.52.0.0/14
NetName: MICROSOFT-1BLK
NetHandle: NET-65-52-0-0-1
Parent: NET-65-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Assignment
NameServer: DNS1.CP.MSFT.NET
NameServer: DNS2.CP.MSFT.NET
NameServer: DNS1.TK.MSFT.NET
NameServer: DNS1.DC.MSFT.NET
NameServer: DNS1.SJ.MSFT.NET
Comment:
RegDate: 2001-02-14
Updated: 2002-12-05

TechHandle: ZM23-ARIN
TechName: Microsoft Corporation
TechPhone: +1-425-882-8080
TechEmail: noc@microsoft.com

OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE231-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: +1-425-882-8080
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@microsoft.com

OrgNOCHandle: ZM23-ARIN
OrgNOCName: Microsoft Corporation
OrgNOCPhone: +1-425-882-8080
OrgNOCEmail: noc@microsoft.com

OrgTechHandle: MSFTP-ARIN
OrgTechName: MSFT-POC
OrgTechPhone: +1-425-882-8080
OrgTechEmail: iprrms@microsoft.com
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- M4H
 
It looks hideously dodgy... yet it's lacking instructions for you to forward it to 'twenty other people' or 'enter your login and password for confirmation' - so I can't guess the motive.

The whole 'we'll delete your account if you don't click the link in 48 hours' is enough to raise the red flag for me, regardless of where the link points to. Hotmail has never and would never do a thing like that through an email.
 
There is a nasty vulnerability in Internet Explorer right now that that allows the real URL to be totally hidden to a user in the browser - For example, you could get a link in an e-mail, click on it, and be taken to a page that LOOKS like it's really hotmail.com and, in your browser's address bar it will actually display http://g.msn.com, but you're really being sent somewhere else. Good money says that this is what you're getting hit with. Try the link in another browser besides IE and see what it does. If you don't want to install a full new browser, go grab Mozilla Firebird - It can be executed without any installation at all.

For details on the vulnerability, check out http://support.microsoft.com/?id=833786.

- G
 
I know they have several new policies. I didn't log into mine for 30days and thet deactivated it. They still had it on hold so I was able to reactivate it but lost all my messages. Its probably real.
 
Originally posted by: Garion
There is a nasty vulnerability in Internet Explorer right now that that allows the real URL to be totally hidden to a user in the browser - For example, you could get a link in an e-mail, click on it, and be taken to a page that LOOKS like it's really hotmail.com and, in your browser's address bar it will actually display http://g.msn.com, but you're really being sent somewhere else. Good money says that this is what you're getting hit with. Try the link in another browser besides IE and see what it does. If you don't want to install a full new browser, go grab Mozilla Firebird - It can be executed without any installation at all.

For details on the vulnerability, check out http://support.microsoft.com/?id=833786.

- G
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It's possible but the link goes to a simple page with just a Terms of Service. If it asks him to enter in his username/password it would be a different story, but it doesn't.
 
Originally posted by: isekii
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 inform all users about the New Hotmail Terms of Use and Notices.

If you wish to retain your Hotmail account kindly press on the link bellow:

http://g.msn.com/1HM7EN/147??PS=8312

Accounts not confirmed shall be rendered terminated, you must visit the link in max. 48 hours. MSN Hotmail® sincerely regrets the inconvenience caused to its clients.

The Hotmail Staff
© 2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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unproportional usage?
kindly press on the link bellow:
you must visit the link in max. 48 hours.

Who writes like this except for ............. if you have to ask, it's probably a scam.
 
??? Their servers are stressed so this message basically says they plan to alleviate
that stress by terminating inactive accounts?

The logic is flawed and the language is odd.

Is your hotmail account so important that you cant risk losing it?

Is there anything on MS's own hotmail page with an announcement?

When in doubt, throw it out!
 
Originally posted by: Slacker
??? Their servers are stressed so this message basically says they plan to alleviate
that stress by terminating inactive accounts? The logic is flawed and the language is odd.

Is your hotmail account so important that you cant risk losing it?

Is there anything on MS's own hotmail page with an announcement?

When in doubt, throw it out!
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Well I got my account, @msn.com when I had DSL with MSN.
So i've had it for awhile
 
email hotmail customer service, cut and paste the message into your email, and ask them if this is legit.
 
Logging in and checking your E-mail lets MS know that you're active. You do not need to do anything else. It's a fraud.

ZV
 
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