Is this genuine MS Security message?

I have had this message several times. If you click report it sends an email to "shield-solution@hotmail.com"

I have changed my password -just in case.

It is a fake.
This is a genuine unusual sign-in activity email I received only last month.
I have checked back two years and the format of such MS emails has not differed from this example.

• Yours refers to "sign.in" not "sign-in".
• Yours does not come from the Microsoft domain.
• Yours claims "high importance".

Denis

The domain of the sender kind of gives it away as a fake (accounts-security.com). Also, I don't think I've ever seen sign-in expressed as "sign.in". Weird spelling and grammar errors are a good sign that it's spam or worse.

Rob

You might like to delete your diagram and replace with this one [in which I have hidden your email address].




Denis

It's a phishing scamthat has been going around for almost 2 years. I have gotten the same exact message several times. You can always go to your MS account and see the locations of where your account has been logged into if you have doubts.

Definitely phony. One giveaway: signin as one word at the top, and sign.in in the body. Neither is right. It's sign in (two words) as a verb, and sign-in (hyphenated) as an adjective.

It's a good idea to black out your true email address in screenshots. You can do that now by clicking Edit Post, then delete the screenshot, and then add a new version with you address covered.

Thank you all.

britgeezer said:

Thank you all.

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You still need to go back to your original post & click on the dustbin at the bottom to remove your original diagram.

This is what we see and we can open it.

Only you see the dustbin icon on it that allows you to remove that 'deleted' original diagram completely.


Denis

Dennis thanks - hopefully done correctly.

Yes.

Britgeezer - This double-delete scheme applies to TenForums as well as ElevenForum.


All the best,
Denis

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The screenshot in the OP's message is now the genuine security message provided by Denis, which is pretty darn confusing for someone seeing the conversation now. For the sake of those with a similar query, can the original fake (but redacted) message please be restored?

LesFerch said:

The screenshot in the OP's message is now the genuine security message provided by Denis, which is pretty darn confusing for someone seeing the conversation now. For the sake of those with a similar query, can the original fake (but redacted) message please be restored?

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Thanks for that. I was very confused as the two messages are identical, right down to date/time.

LesFerch said:

The screenshot in the OP's message is now the genuine security message provided by Denis, which is pretty darn confusing for someone seeing the conversation now. For the sake of those with a similar query, can the original fake (but redacted) message please be restored?

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So was i lol! I was like " THEY ARE THE SAME WHAT ARE YOU ALL ON ABOUT" but i read full threads so i understand now but some may not be so lucky!

LesFerch said:

can the original fake (but redacted) message please be restored?

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Done.

The redacted fake message is in post #4.

britgeezer - You copied the wrong diagram by accident. You meant to copy the one in post #4.


Denis