Email Scam - "Hotmail Account Reset Alert Confirmation 2013"

They are still sending this scam to Hotmail accounts here in December of 2015.

I have been receiving scam verification messages - I received this one a couple of days ago - how do you tell if the message is genuine or a scam - is this one a scam? (I don't even know what a recovery phone number is!)

"From: OUTLOOK SUPPORT DESK (djw66@hotmail .co.uk)
Dear Customer,

The recovery phone number of your Microsoft account was recently changed. If you made this change, you don't need to do anything more; If you didn't change your recovery phone number, someone may have broken into your account. Visit this linkhttps://outlook.com/mailverify/cancel/terminate? to prevent your account from deactivation.

Sincerely,
Microsoft respects your privacy. Please read our online Privacy Statement.
Microsoft Corporation. One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052."

This message is out there again today.

I didn't get my confirmation code what the hell; where am suppose to find it?

I received this message today. Is it a scam?
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Dear User,

We detected multiple unsuccessful login attempt to your email account, on Fri, May 16, 2014 1:54 AM ART. Location: Russian Federation (IP=188.128.99.94). We URGE you to setup your security question and answer to enable 2 way protection for your account

This might lead to terminating your account if we notice such activity and you do not clear your personal security.

To clear your personal security and confirm this wasn't you, and reset your security Question And Answers

Be careful everybody this alert is circulating again I just received this notice yesterday Jan 15, 2014.

Got this scam too. So, I immediately changed my password, but have never received an email alert stating my password was changed. Doesn't Microsoft send out such an alert????

I got this email 2 days ago, and today again. I don't think it's right thing to reply back , so I did research it. <br/>Thanks, now I know it's a scam.

This is phishing scam. These people are trying to trick you into sending your information so that they can scam you. So, you will no get a virus if you receive the email message.

I jusat received this very email today 10/12/2013 and immediately reported it. Please confirm that I will not receive any viruses and that this is just a scam to get personal information.<br/>Thank You

Ive just opened my account to find the email below, I know its a scam as my friend has fallen for it. It wont allow me to change me password and I'm not too sure what to do next!<br/><br/>---------<br/>Call us overprotective...<br/><br/>...but we need to make sure you can receive a security code if you ever lose access to this account. Learn more.<br/>Where should we send your code?<br/><br/>I have a code<br/>Skip for now (6 days until this is required)<br/>---------

I THANK YOU for posting this message I all most fell for it, I have called everyone in my phone list to tell them that its only a SCAM.

I lost my access to my hotmail because of their 'protective' measures. I am totally p--ed off.

If you have responded to the email message with your personal information, please change your hotmail email address password right now!

I answered it! What to do?

Changing your hotmail or Outlook password is the best to do. I cannot determine if there are any programs running on your computer that is storing everything that you type. These programs are referred to as spywares.use your antivirus software to do a full scan of your computer.

Ok i have to admit that i answered to that about 12 hours ago, wasn't thinking clearly. So i put there my password and address. It also asked my .outlook password, and since I didn't have it yet I did that too.

My question is: What to do now? I already changed my passwords to hotmail.com and outlook.com(altough I dont even use that outlook.com address). Is it possible that there is some program in my computer now that saves everything that i type ?

I received the following, and as in most scams it want's me to respond:

From: Hotmail Team (member_services@live.com) Microsoft SmartScreen classified this message as junk.
Sent: Tue 3/19/13 4:39 AM
To: tenkawakun1@hotmail.com
Microsoft SmartScreen marked this message as junk and we'll delete it after ten days.
Wait, it's safe!

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Due to scheduled update of our mail server you are required to verify your account by clicking on the verify link below


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Hi, so how did you lose your email account? i've received this email as well

<a target="_blank" href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-live/get-support?selectedproduct=Hotmail&selectedissue=Your%20account%20has%20been%20temporarily%20blocked&Mkt=en-US&productKey=wolmain">Click here for help to recover your hotmail account.</a>

REALLY? It happen to me NOW I have NO ACCT. How can I get it back?

HAHA. Seriously, who would believe it? Even my 12 year old self would recognise that Microsoft would *never* do that. I was disappointed, to be honest, I thought they would've tried harder to be convincing.

This e-mail message is definitely a scam. Hotmail will never ask you to write down your password and e-mail it to them. You will not lose your account.

This came in to me after I logged in on a different computer. I thought maybe it could be accurate since I did log in and forgot pass code, but i didn't fill it out. Guess I'll find out in 3 days if I LOSE my email.