I have received a mail from "microsoft", it seems a scam.


  1. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1

    I have received a mail from "microsoft", it seems a scam.


    Hi:
    i have received a weird mail, it says from microsoft live team, it seems a scam but no bad links.
    what do they want? there is no attatched file too.

    screenshot here:

    Regards.
    Max
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  2. Posts : 6,349
    Windows7 Pro 64bit SP-1; Windows XP Pro 32bit
       #2

    99.9% sure it is a scam to get your password and login info or worse- install a bug to steal your bank info and anything else it can find on your PC.
    When you click the link you download all kinds of bad stuff.

    Delete it.

    Mike
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  3. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    thanks for your time mike
    i gonna delete it.

    Regards.
    Max
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  4. Posts : 2,578
    Vista 64 bit and 32 bit (SP2)
       #4

    This email looks like a scam to me too, but in the future, a good way to tell if an email is legitimate is to check the "From" url to see where the email is REALLY coming from. Usually that's a dead giveaway if it's bogus!

    Windows Live Mail seems to have discontinued the use of the "From" link (which is really STUPID!!!), but you can still find out who the email is from. Just rest your cursor on the name of the sender and a window will open up showing the sender's address. Also, you can click the "Reply" or "Reply All" links and find out who the sender is that way.
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  5. Posts : 9,582
    Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
       #5

    That is definitely a scam. Microsoft doesn't send unsolicited emails, and they certainly don't use that font.
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  6. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #6

    thank you Imperfect1 and Dwarf, i learned how to identify this type of scam.
    this is my junk folder, sometimes there are a lot of weird mails.
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