Anyone rec`d a warning from Hotmail to update their account?

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I have and not sure what to do about it, do you think its a scam? They want to know my passwords etc. Help...says if I don`t reply my account is blocked!

Nope i dont have one, just checked.

I would ignore it. I get tons of stuff like that and I ignore it all.

Thinking about it it's def a scam. They wouldn't ask for your passwords.

delete and move on

Thanks, will delete!

I got one from Paypal. Do you reckon the its the same one?

Also says about me being blocked from my account if I don't do it.

I had one of those from paypal around 6months ago. I reported it to paypal and heard nothing more about it, my account wasnt blocked, so must have been a scam.

Thanks hairy. Wasn't sure.

A genuine paypal email will address you by name.

Anything saying eg "dear paypal member" is a scam.

Didn't have my name. Just a notice with the paypal logo at the top. The e-mail addy was something like [email protected].

Will def ignore. If there's a problem will deal with it when it arises.

It's a definite phish.

Never, ever, give anything like passwords out on anything like this.

Look at the URL they ask you to go to (hover mouse over it to avoid clicking) - they will generally be something vague (accounts or update or customer services), then the legit site name, then a string of gibberish.

Don't go on what the site looks like if you do click on it - the logos are very easily copied.

Anything that threatens to 'close your account down' - bollocks. If genuine, this would translate as 'We'd like you to get thoroughly annoyed with us buggering you about, & take your business &/or the advertising revenue we get from you using our site, straight to our competitors'

Report phishing scam & delete!

No site would ever ask you to give them your password via email, nor would they ask you to log onto site via the email.

report it as a phishing scam