I've been making "immediate Attention required within 48 hours. provide your name, username, passwodrd, your date of birth, country, security question. It is said of the Windows live team. Is - is this legitimate?

I get the message; The general account settings.  Windows Live team. Needed immediate attention. Noticed unusual activity in the account.  Fill in the information will result in lock out within 48 hours.  He asked my, name, username, password, date of birth, country, security question.  Is it Microsoft or a scam?

Hotmail/Windows Live email scams

Hotmail/Windows Live emails requesting usernames, passwords and your personal information are phishing scams.  E-mails threatening closure imminent your account unless you answer are also usually scams. Do not answer. Do not click on links in those emails.

For more details on how to spot this scam emails and what to do about their please see:

http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/Forum/Hotmail-email/how-to-recognize-if-the-email-i-have-received-is/d72a7d1d-b751-4F38-BD0C-cb238e02edd4

and,

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/hotmail-email/how-do-i-report-abuse-or-spam-in-hotmail/703b31d1-0381-4240-90ef-ff3c4ba66fad .

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