Is this email legit, and did I successfully prevent the security info replacement?

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Is this email legit, and did I successfully prevent the security info replacement?

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Hey everyone, so basically I got an email saying some @ mcckmfa club account was attempting to replace all my security info in my main gmail account and that there was a 30 day wait period. Following this, I changed my passwords on nearly every account possible, added 2FA, changed my other emails passwords and logged out every other device via the option in Microsoft account settings. I do not see a pending info change screen in my security settings, so my question is, am I safe now? Do I have to do anything else to cancel this security info replacement possible hack? Or was changing passwords and doing all that enough to cancel it? User's image

I received this email too not long after the previous one, is this confirmation that I prevented the replacement?

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Thanks for sharing the screenshots. I checked the sender: ******@accountprotection.microsoft.com is a legitimate Microsoft email address for account security notifications.

Based on the second email, the message says, “The account recovery process… has been canceled.” This confirms the attempted security info replacement was stopped. Your steps changing passwords, enabling 2FA, and logging out other devices successfully prevented the change.

To stay secure:

Review recent activity in your Microsoft account.
Keep 2FA enabled.
Ensure recovery info is correct.

You do not need to take any further action to cancel the replacement.

Regards and take care,

Arlene D.