I received an email from what seems to be the WindowsLive Team @ 2:24pm Pacific Time entitled " Hotmail Account Alert!!!".  The sender was {removed email address}.  It states that the email is from Hotmail Customer Care and that they are sending every Hotmail email User Account Owner the email for "safety."  It states: "we are having congestions 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."

Is this a legitimate email from you guys?  Please let me know.

Thanks.

Hi. This is a fraudulent message and a phishing scam. Please do not believe this e-mail.

FYI, Windows Live Hotmail disclaims all attempts to gather vital account info from you via phone or e-mail. Check out this link for more info about these kinds of e-mail:

http://windowslivewire.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2F7EB29B42641D59!41528.entry

did you get an answer?  I received the same info.  Not sure what to do.

@ gary51

Hi. If you’ve received the same message, please disregard it. As I’ve mentioned, this is a phishing e-mail. Check out the link that I’ve posted above for info about this.