My best friend (hotmail user) died last year, many of us in its contacts receive scam emails. Who inform us so his email account is closed?

Of course, the pirate doesn't know he uses the account of a deceased person.

How to stop this please!

Hello

It is possible that the hacker uses his email contact list to send emails
in order to verify the "Header" of these emails.

Which is called Spoofing and its pretty easy for a spammer to make. Of course, it does
it look like you or the other person has sent the e-mail.

How to read the message headers
http://www.high-speed-Internet-Access-Guide.com/articles/email-headers.html

E-mail spoofing
http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spoofing

E-mail spoofing and Phishing
http://www.mailsbroadcast.com/email.broadcast.FAQ/46.email.spoofing.htm

Understanding E-mail Spoofing
http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/email-spoofing.html

Fraudulent emails (false)
http://pages.eBay.com/education/spooftutorial/

Google search - email Spoofing
http://www.Google.com/search?hl=en&EI=FB1nS9DiNo7CsQPNhKGdAw&SA=X&Oi=spell&resnum=0&CT=result&CD=1&ved=0CAgQBSgA&q=email+spoofing&spell=1

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If the account has actually been hacked:

HotMail has its own Forums, so you can ask your questions there.

Windows Live Solution Center - HotMail - HotMail Forums Solutions
http://windowslivehelp.com/

Hotmail - Forums
http://windowslivehelp.com/forums.aspx?ProductID=1

Hotmail - Solutions
http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions.aspx?ProductID=1

How to contact Windows Live Hotmail Support
http://email.about.com/od/hotmailtips/Qt/et_hotmail_supp.htm

Windows Live Hotmail Top issues and Support information
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/316659/en-us

Compromised account - access unauthorized account - how to recover your account
http://windowslivehelp.com/solution.aspx?SolutionID=6ea0c7b3-1473-4176-b03f-145b951dcb41

Hotmail hacked? Take these steps
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/securitytipstalk/archive/2010/07/07/Hotmail-hacked-take-these-steps.aspx

I hope this helps.

Tags: Windows

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