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Messenger hacking attempt

Messenger hacking attempt
Wed, 9 Apr 2008 08:34:01 -0700
I recieved an email from the live.com team saying i had requested my password 
to be reset and giving me 2 links one to confirm and the other to cancel. I 
didnt make any reset request so i can only imagine that someone was trying 
either to access my messenger account or just cause me some annoyance. 
However when i try to cancel the request when i put my live id in the 
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Re: Messenger hacking attempt
Wed, 9 Apr 2008 21:59:20 -0400
Greetings Steff,

I get these too.  Sometimes the links appear to expire before I get to them.

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"Steff McMullan, QA Tester"
<SteffMcMullanQATester@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in 
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> I recieved an email from the live.com team saying i had requested my
password
> to be reset and giving me 2 links one to confirm and the other to cancel.
I
> didnt make any reset request so i can only imagine that someone was trying
> either to access my messenger account or just cause me some annoyance.
> However when i try to cancel the request when i put my live id in the
> dialogue to cancel the request it says its an invalid id. 

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