Hotmail supports scammers

[simonm]

Whenever I get a scam email I always report it to the ISP, all that is apart from hotmail who are consistent in one thing, they will not deal with scammers. Just in case they changed their policy I tried today.

Having alerted hotmail to the fact that mailto:zambezi_africa@hotmail.com is a scammer and they will not close the account, should somebody get defrauded I suppose hotmail is implicated!

Basically an example of the shabby and couldn't care less atittude of email providers (with few exceptions such as yahoo who are excellent) to scammers and spammers.

Simon
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Hello,

Thank you for writing to Hotmail Technical Support.

This is Suman and I am writing to assist you with your complaint against the spam e-mail that you have received.

I apologize for the delay in responding to your e-mail message.

I am Sorry I cannot take any action against the reported account, as the information provided is not sufficient to prove that the reported account violated the Hotmail Terms of Use. If you have any other documentation to prove that this account is being used illegitimately, please send us a copy so we can re-evaluate your report.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us.

Sincerely,

Suman
MSN Hotmail Technical Support Representative




--- Original Message ---
From: simonm@xxxxxx.co.uk
To: abuse@css.one.microsoft.com
Sent: Mon Mar 8 01:30:23 PST 2004
Subject: FW: Dr Alan Donald, urgent assistance


-----Original Message-----
From: Albert Johnson [mailto:albert_johnson8000@yahoo.com]
Sent: 06 March 2004 15:27
To: xxxxxx
Subject: urgent assistance



STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL/URGENT
Please respond to: zambezi_africa@hotmail.com <mailto:zambezi_africa@hotmail.com>
Tel: +44 775 4810735.



I am presently on exile in the UK and i am sending this mail to you as a matter of urgency. I am a child of Dr. Frederick Chiluba, former President of Zambia who is currently standing trial designed by his witch hunting successor Levy Mwanawase.

On behalf of my family, i am contacting you to please assist me take custody of a luggage with a company here in Europe. You will also help me deposit the content of the luggage in a bank account that you provide. For this assistance, you would be generously rewarded. Further details would be released upon your response and a strong indication of your readiness to assist.



I have never met you in person and i am without knowledge of your antecedents, but i am contacting you with the firm belief that i am doing the right thing, as i ei (--- message too long, cut by AR ---)
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