someone DOES have the same hotmail email address as me, this is a security issue

Hi saffroncairns,

Welcome to Microsoft Community. I understand that you suspect that your account might have the same email address. Please be informed that each account is unique and our system would not allow to create a duplicate email. To ensure that your account is secured, please try to update your password and reset information by following the steps on this **link**.

If you still encounter this issue, you can try to create a message rule to filter those messages. You may refer to these steps:

1. Sign in your account and go to your Inbox.
2. Click the cog icon located at the upper right of the page and select More mail settings.
3. Under Customizing Outlook, click Rules for sorting new messages.
4. Follow the on screen instructions.

If you need further assistance, please let us know.

Thanks!

Hi saffroncairns,

 

Welcome to Microsoft Community. I understand that you suspect that your account might have the same email address. Please be informed that each account is unique and our system would not allow to create a duplicate email. To ensure that your account is secured, please try to update your password and reset information by gollowing the steps on this **link**.

 

If you still encounter this issue, you can try to create a message rule to filter those messages. You may refer to these steps:

 

1. Sign in your account and go to your Inbox.
2. Click the cog icon located at the upper right of the page and select More mail settings.
3. Under Customizing Outlook, click Rules for sorting new messages.
4. Follow the on screen instructions.

 

If you need further assistance, please let us know.

 

Thanks!

I to have the same problem. It started a few months ago. I keep getting emails for some guy called Barry Bullshit. I am now getting facebook messages and friend requests. THIS IS A SECURITY ISSUE FOR ME.

Take a look at this link - that will give you a better idea of who has been accessing your account

https://account.live.com/Activity

It is quite possible that they don't have access to your account, but have used your email (deliberately or not)

Hi,

Please help me, I am at my wits end with this. I keep getting emails intended for another person with the same email address as me. I have got personal emails intended for the other person. I live in Ireland & the other person with exactly the same email address lives in Canada. At this stage I know all her personal details as I am getting what seems like all her emails. I have received her airline tickets, college transcripts etc & Im so worried that she may be receiving my personal emails. I got a message from PayPal today telling me I had bought something which I hadn't & I had to cancel the transaction. I get all her Facebook updates & I am not on Facebook. I feel I know her personally at this stage.

Please help me, I do not want to change my email address as I need it for work.  I have changed my password to no success.

Thanks

It sounds like they have been confused their real email address with your and have shared the wrong one with others.

Once you have checked the link above to confirm that they are aren't using your email account (which would be highly unlikely seeing you have the password control), why not contact one of the senders of personal email and ask them to contact the owner or tell you their real email address?

This can happen with any email account, not just outlook.com