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E-Mails from "Microsoft Account Team" saying an unauthorized Account Login has been detected
I have received several E-Mails from the "Microsoft Account Team" in the last week or two saying an unauthorized Russian is trying to log into my Microsoft Account! The E-Mails end up in my Outlook Junk folder. Is this someone trying to get me to reply with a valid E-Mail address or is it real? One would think that if it was a valid Microsoft issue Outlook would not send it to the Junk folder?! But then.... Is anybody else getting this E-Mail? I will not respond to the E-Mail - if it is valid - is there a Microsoft phone number to call to get it resolved?
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Seems pretty obvious the links at the bottom are fake - none of them mention microsoft.com for example.
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Fake. But you can login to your MSA and check the activity, just to be sure.
Code:
https://account.live.com/Activity
Note that links and sender in emails can be faked, unless the email is displayed in the plain text. For example:
https://account.live.com/Activity
Stll even that email clearly wants you to reply to some random email and the supposed MS team link is a random URL.
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Thanks for the information.
I will "Block" the sender and see if Outlook will kill the E-Mails before they get to the Junk Folder. I also went to the
Sign in to your Microsoft account site and made sure the bad guys were being denied access. Looks like my E-Mail address is popular around the China and Russian hacker's world!
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I have received several E-Mails from the "Microsoft Account Team" in the last week or two saying an unauthorized Russian is trying to log into my Microsoft Account! The E-Mails end up in my Outlook Junk folder. Is this someone trying to get me to reply with a valid E-Mail address or is it real? One would think that if it was a valid Microsoft issue Outlook would not send it to the Junk folder?! But then.... Is anybody else getting this E-Mail? I will not respond to the E-Mail - if it is valid - is there a Microsoft phone number to call to get it resolved?
I always read emails in plain text. If I want more then I can get the full content with one click.
Dave
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By email or phone, there's always someone trying to scam us. My last scam was an email that was thanking me for my purchase of a big screen tv. The shipping address was an address in Hawaii. They included a link to use if I thought anything was in error.
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I would double check by logging into your Microsoft account & checking for any unknown log ins. I would also recommend turning on 2FA authentication (if you haven’t already).
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