Fake reminder apperaring (not in calendar) - how to remove?

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I have what appears to be a fake reminder appearing, and I'm concerned it is a virus or scam software. The widgets in the reminder look different than other reminders that come up from my calendar. Attached are screen shots showing the difference. The task manager lists the process as outlook.exe, but I'm concerned it's a fake.

Malwarebytes and HitManPro find no problems.

Outlook 2010 on Windows 8.1


Real reminder from my calendar and Fake reminder not found in my calendar (MONEY GRAM AGENT) have different look to calendar icon, and top left area of window. Here they are side by side:

Capture - Real Outlook reminder & Fake reminder.JPG



Task Manager:

Capture - Real Outlook reminder & Fake reminder - task manager.JPG
 
I found the event somehow was inserted into my hotmail account's calendar. How do spammers get access to one's hotmail calendar???
 
Is the problem the unexpected reminders or the different dialogs? Meeting spam can put events on your calendar; iCloud pops up a second reminder dialog.

Meeting request spam
 
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Thank you, Diane.
The concern is the event was inserted into my Outlook calendar, without my knowledge.
 
Yeah, it's just spammers finding another way to get your attention. When you see unwanted meeting requests, make sure you delete the event from the inbox and from the calendar - using conversation view helps.
 
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