Hotmail closing?

@skalop (62)
Malta
March 26, 2008 3:40am CST
Yesterday I went to my hotmail adress to read some emails there i noticed an e-mail saying that if I hadn't forward it to my friends my account would have been closed! Do you think this might come from hotmail administrators or it is more likely spam? And have you recieved it too?
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lancingboy
@lancingboy (1385)
• United States
26 Mar 08
I've gotten one of those last year. I just deleted it and nothing happened lol. It's just a chainletter or something like that.
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bongkarpasang
@bongkarpasang (1377)
• Indonesia
26 Mar 08
I believe it was a hoax. back then it happened too. I wonder if you received the similar email content like this article showed: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/another-hotmail-hoax.shtml the best thing you can do is sending the email directly to hotmail provider asking the truth. but usually, when I got similar hoax like it was, I sent it to abuse [at] hotmail.com address to check how they would react.
skalop
@skalop (62)
• Malta
26 Mar 08
Yes it was the same.. But I just forward it to my friends as the e-mail sad thanks for the response
youless
@youless (112586)
• Guangzhou, China
1 Apr 08
I think it's only a spam. If you pay attention to the sender's email address, you will find whether it's really sent from the administrators of Hotmail. Besides, it's obvious that Hotmail won't ask users to do such kind of stupid things.
zweeb82
@zweeb82 (5653)
• Malaysia
9 Apr 08
Well, if hotmail is closing down then Microsoft will be closing then huh? Haha
Pirate_Arg
@Pirate_Arg (472)
• South Africa
23 Apr 08
It really is an obvious hoax. If the hotmail staff were going to contact you, they would do it directly, not through a chain letter. I HATE chain letters.
gloamglozer
@gloamglozer (1289)
• Australia
19 Apr 08
lol... the prospect of hotmail closing down amuses me... i get too many spam and chain messages.