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I’ve been receiving many text messages over the past few days about unusual sign in activity for my account which ends in 93. Some of these texts come from what appears to be a validated Microsoft contact, while others are random numbers. They include the link ‘aka.ms/alca’ and have only been sent to my phone number, not my email. I want to know if these are scams, or if I should be concerned about the security of my account.
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In case those texts are not genuine, log into your Microsoft account on this link to check the recent activity on your Microsoft account, do you see any strange login attempts from locations you do not recognize?
I haven't noticed any unusual activity, however I'm currently doing a study abroad semester and am wondering if that's what is being flagged. The thing that is odd is that I've been here for over a month already, but have just started receiving 'unusual sign in attempt' texts this past week, and again from multiple different accounts. I've attempted to log on to that link, and it says my account does not exist under Microsoft. Thank you for your assistance on this matter!
If you are studying abroad, that may have triggered that notification or, if those text messages are coming from different accounts, then most likely that is a phishing scam, do not click anything in the messages and just delete them.