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Originally Posted by mpolli
So, against my better judgment, I included an e-mail address with a rental listing for a friend renting her condo. Last time I did this all I got were long stories from Nigeria about their uncle in the Air Force and blah blah blah send me your bank account number...
Anyway, last night a got a curious e-mail, but I couldn't say for sure it was a scammer. So I just replied "call me".
About 45 min later I got an e-mail from hotmail saying I had requested a password change and to confirm or cancel.
Can anyone explain how this scam works? Even if I confirm (which of course I won't) I would think that it would just take me to a page where I would set a new password. The e-mail looks legitimate.
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I'm pretty sure most of the e-mail sites state that they will never ask you for a password, or any form of getting it, through an email. If you think it's legit, don't process your password through an email. From a different computer, sign into your email, and manually change your password.