Verify Microsoft email

Question

Received email from ******@notificationmail.microsoft.com. Everything looked legit. It said that I was close to my storage being full. Which I have received this message in the past. So I clicked the link in the email. (I know better to go directly to my account page manually instead of clicking a link, but it looked legit and I had gotten that message before and I was close to storage being full). It took me to... https://t.notificationmail.microsoft.com/r/?id=XXXXXXXXXXX (Changed the info after id for security). It showed me my storage info and I was not even close to storage being full. I then went directly to my account and storage info, and it matched what the linked showed me. I was not asked to enter any personal info. It asked if I wanted to increase my storage, but it also asks that when I went directly to my account. The only part that makes me nervous was that it said I was close to storage being full when I wasn't. Again though, the link and when I went directly into my account storage page showed the same info. I read that the email about storage being full could of been triggered from previous storage issues? Is this legit? Is the site and email legit. I did WhoIS look up and the domain, is registered to Microsoft, some 35 years ago.

Answer 1

Interesting.. I am seeing three people getting this email today.

The email itself is definitely legitimate, but in the past, I've seen scammers using MIcrosoft's notification delivery system to deliver content drafted by them, so that the email comes from a Microsoft address, but the content is not.

It is always best to verify directly in your acocunt without going through any of the email link.

Answer 2

I wonder if the others you know have had storage issues in the past and something just triggered the email from Microsoft. This is what I am seeing as the reason for the email. I checked for suspicious activity on my email account and find nothing. So I am hoping it was legit. Will keep monitoring. Just another lesson to never click a link in an email, regardless who its from and independently log into and or visit the site directly.