password theft

[nicole_lr]

i was dumb enough to give my password...they changed everything in my
account. abc_la...@hotmail.com... i tried resetting my password but it
wont work. I have very personal info regarding bank issues and
everything....i didnt really give out my pw, my friend told me to put her
address fiorel...@hotmail.com as an alternate email address....i did that
but didnt know she could change everything.....i have bank info and am
currently getting into college so is there any way to get my mail back??? if
not i just prefer to close it....its too dangerous

[nicole_lr]

her email is fiorel...@hotmail.com

[Malke]

nicole_lr wrote:

You need to contact Hotmail support. Consider contacting your local law
enforcement also. In case you haven't figured it out yet, this person isn't
your friend.

Malke
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[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

You'll need to try and contact hotmail...can't help you here.

"nicole_lr" <nico...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:68770225-C575-4D87...@microsoft.com...
: her email is fiorel...@hotmail.com

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Contact Hotmail Support immediately:
https://support.live.com/eform.aspx?productKey=wlmail&ct=eformts
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[Shenan Stanley]

Are you serious? You tell us a horror story of you foolishly giving away
access to something that gives away information like your banking, etc and
your only concern is getting back some really badly formed possible a
freebie hotmail account?

This smells like spam/phishing to me. Or just some lame attempt at hurting
someone's reputation. After all - if someone stole something from me - the
last place I would report it is a public newsgroup and the first place I
would report it is all the affected parties directly (in your case - the
bank, the college you are about to attend, etc) and the local law
enforcement.

If it isn't fake - good luck to you. If you did not pay for this hotmail
account, then it is highly unlikely you could prove what you are saying in
any fashion. You'll probably have to consider this a life lesson, report
all this to your bank, any credit cards you have, the college you are about
to attend, your friends and family, etc - __immediately__ (and in some way
other than EMAIL - phone calls for friends and family, phone calls for
everyone else combined with letters - perhaps notarized letters.)

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[Peter Foldes]

Shenan

Here is a copy of the mass mailing that may people have fallen for. All live links removed

<snip>

From: renee127hotmail.com
Subject: Account Alert
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 15:17:30 -0400

Dear Account User,

You are advise to verify your account details below to enable us upgrade your account. E.G Your Hotmail ID, Password, Date Of Birth etc.

In failure of doing this, you will Automatically lose your Hotmail Account.

Thanks for using Hotmail

Account Alert

VERIFY YOUR HOTMAIL ACCOUNT NOW TO AVOID CLOSE !!!

Dear Account User,
This message is from Hotmail message center to all Hotmail account owners and premium account owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center. We are deleting all unused Hotmail account to create more space for new accounts.

To prevent your account from closing, you will have to verify it below before One (1) week from now!

CONFIRM YOUR IDENTITY. VERIFY YOUR HOTMAIL ACCOUNT
NOW!!!

Hotmail ID:...................

Password:.....................

Your Birthday:...................

Your Country or Territory:...............

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account before One (1) week of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

Sincerely,
Hotmail Team

<end snip>

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"Shenan Stanley" <newsh...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:%23nB9WQ%23EJH...@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

[Shenan Stanley]

nicole_lr wrote:
> i was dumb enough to give my password...they changed everything in
> my account. abc_la...@hotmail.com... i tried resetting my
> password but it wont work. I have very personal info regarding bank
> issues and everything....i didnt really give out my pw, my friend
> told me to put her address fiorel...@hotmail.com as an
> alternate email address....i did that but didnt know she could
> change everything.....i have bank info and am currently getting
> into college so is there any way to get my mail back??? if not i
> just prefer to close it....its too dangerous

nicole_lr wrote:
> her email is fiorel...@hotmail.com

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Are you serious? You tell us a horror story of you foolishly
> giving away access to something that gives away information like
> your banking, etc and your only concern is getting back some really
> badly formed possible a freebie hotmail account?
>
> This smells like spam/phishing to me. Or just some lame attempt at
> hurting someone's reputation. After all - if someone stole
> something from me - the last place I would report it is a public
> newsgroup and the first place I would report it is all the affected
> parties directly (in your case - the bank, the college you are
> about to attend, etc) and the local law enforcement.
>
> If it isn't fake - good luck to you. If you did not pay for this
> hotmail account, then it is highly unlikely you could prove what
> you are saying in any fashion. You'll probably have to consider
> this a life lesson, report all this to your bank, any credit cards
> you have, the college you are about to attend, your friends and
> family, etc - __immediately__ (and in some way other than EMAIL -
> phone calls for friends and family, phone calls for everyone else
> combined with letters - perhaps notarized letters.)

Yep - seen them for universities, banks, email accounts and I even saw one
for satellite TV... Same wording, same layout. I don't believe this is
related and if it is - it was not how it was explained... This person got
*very* specific and called the person a 'friend' that had done this to them.

Is it possible they gave their friend this information and then also fell
for this phishing scam? Sure. But they did not mention this in their
posting. ;-) I believe this person either left that part out (no reason to
assume that at this juncture) or their 'friend' they gave the information to
used it for their own benefit...