Scam - besides which you are off topic for this forum, which is for Windows Live OneCare.
You will ***NEVER*** be asked to provide personal information such as a password via email.
Help and Support for Hotmail and other Windows Live products and services can be found at
http://windowslivehelp.com
You may also want to review this post:
https://windowslivehelp.com/solution.aspx?solutionid=6ea0c7b3-1473-4176-b03f-145b951dcb41
And also this blog entry from the Windows Live team:
http://windowslivewire.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2F7EB29B42641D59!42740.entry
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