Security- is this from you?

I checked by information and it is okay.

I did not click on the link enclosed.



Dear MSN customer, Update your billing information!



We have been unable to charge your credit card for your MSN Microsoft Online
Services. The following credit card is the current payment method on your
billing account.

If your services have not already been suspended, they will be suspended
within 30 days unless we receive updated billing information.(If payment is
due for other Microsoft services purchased with the above card, those
services may also be suspended.) To avoid possible suspension of your
services or to reactivate suspended services, please immediately provide a
valid credit card and a current expiration date.

To view or change your billing account, go to https://billing.microsoft.com
To update your payment information or select a different payment method,
click Billing Information.
For payment history and online billing statement, click Monthly statement.

If you have already resolved this issue, please disregard this notice and
accept our thanks.

Thank you for using Microsoft Online Services!

Microsoft Customer Support


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: Please do not respond to this message.
To receive notifications at a different e-mail address, sign in to your
account at https://billing.microsoft.com select 'Personal information', then
click 'Update this information', change the 'E-mail address', and click
'Save'.
Form: 4

Shenan
Sun Nov 06 11:58:51 CST 2005

IBEGOOD wrote:
> I checked by information and it is okay.
>
> I did not click on the link enclosed.
>
>
>
> Dear MSN customer, Update your billing information!
>
>
>
> We have been unable to charge your credit card for your MSN Microsoft
> Online Services. The following credit card is the current payment
> method on your billing account.
>
> If your services have not already been suspended, they will be
> suspended within 30 days unless we receive updated billing
> information.(If payment is due for other Microsoft services purchased
> with the above card, those services may also be suspended.) To avoid
> possible suspension of your services or to reactivate suspended
> services, please immediately provide a valid credit card and a
> current expiration date.
>
> To view or change your billing account, go to
> https://billing.microsoft.com To update your payment information or
> select a different payment method, click Billing Information.
> For payment history and online billing statement, click Monthly
> statement.
>
> If you have already resolved this issue, please disregard this notice
> and accept our thanks.
>
> Thank you for using Microsoft Online Services!
>
> Microsoft Customer Support
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Note: Please do not respond to this message.
> To receive notifications at a different e-mail address, sign in to
> your account at https://billing.microsoft.com select 'Personal
> information', then click 'Update this information', change the
> 'E-mail address', and click 'Save'.
> Form: 4

From *me*?
Nope.

I do not know your email address. I volunteer on these newsgroups - like
everyone else who answers questions - just because i want to. I have no
direct association with Microsoft or MSN or anything like that.

Is it from Microsoft?

I don't know. Do you actually pay for an MSN account of some sort? I have
one that I pay for wireless services on - but I know I do and know how to
get to the pages myself to check all the information - you should have the
same information if you do in fact pay for an account already. And if you
do not pay for an account - why are you asking?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
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Frank
Sun Nov 06 16:38:55 CST 2005

"IBEGOOD" <IBEGOOD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:430BDEE7-B696-4B08-B7FD-E21F6437BF4A@microsoft.com
> I checked by information and it is okay.
>
> I did not click on the link enclosed.
>
>
>
> Dear MSN customer, Update your billing information!
>
>
>
> We have been unable to charge your credit card for your MSN Microsoft
> Online Services. The following credit card is the current payment
> method on your billing account.
>
> If your services have not already been suspended, they will be
> suspended within 30 days unless we receive updated billing
> information.(If payment is due for other Microsoft services purchased
> with the above card, those services may also be suspended.) To avoid
> possible suspension of your services or to reactivate suspended
> services, please immediately provide a valid credit card and a
> current expiration date.
>
> To view or change your billing account, go to
> https://billing.microsoft.com To update your payment information or
> select a different payment method, click Billing Information.
> For payment history and online billing statement, click Monthly
> statement.
>
> If you have already resolved this issue, please disregard this notice
> and accept our thanks.
>
> Thank you for using Microsoft Online Services!
>
> Microsoft Customer Support
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Note: Please do not respond to this message.
> To receive notifications at a different e-mail address, sign in to
> your account at https://billing.microsoft.com select 'Personal
> information', then click 'Update this information', change the
> 'E-mail address', and click 'Save'.
> Form: 4

It's not from me, that's for sure. As for whether or not it's from
Microsoft, I can't tell without seeing the original message. Copying and
pasting won't do. I do not believe that the Web interface you are using
allows you to attach the message as an attachment, so you would have to use
a real news reader like Outlook Express. To do so,
In OE go to Tools | Accounts | Add (or New) | News.
Set up an account for this news server:

msnews.microsoft.com

The server is free and does not require you to logon. This news server
carries over 2200 newsgroups related to Microsoft products and keeps
messages at least 30 days.

For more detail see
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

Max
Sun Nov 06 22:30:28 CST 2005

> IBEGOOD scribbled:
> I checked by information and it is okay.
> I did not click on the link enclosed.

> Dear MSN customer, Update your billing information!
> We have been unable to charge your credit card for your MSN Microsoft
> Online Services. The following credit card is the current payment
> method on your billing account.

It's not from Microsoft. It's a scam to get your credit card number and use
it fraudulently, commonly called phishing.....

It's very common, along with similar online banking phishing scamssaying
they need your bank account user id and password otherwise your account will
be closed/cancelled, etc.....

Whenever you get emails like this just delete them, and make sure your
anti-virus software, anti-spyware software, and OS updates are all current,
as the scammers that send these emails often attach viruses, trojans, key
loggers and spyware to them, or include these 'nasties' on the web page they
want you to go to....

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