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Is this legit? I think it is a scam.

Anonymous
2019-07-23T17:47:54+00:00

I received an email, which I did not open.

On my incoming email, it shows it is from Mail Service.  The content says RE: account upgrade Outlook Mail We are closing all old version of our Mailbox as from July 25.  Please follow the link below to update you account....

When I select to block it, it shows it is from ******@hotmail.com.  But I think this is a scam.  

I think anything legit from Microsoft would say it comes from Microsoft not Hotmail.

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-07-23T17:54:56+00:00

    Hello Terry

    Without seeing the exact email along with the underlying links, it's impossible to "definitively" say whether it's scam or not. That being said, really does sound like a phishing scam and would not click on any link in the message and certainly would not provide any so-called "verification info".

    To verify whether a link in the message is valid (points to a valid Microsoft URL), hover your mouse over the link and see where it actually points to OR right-click on the link --> select <copy> --> paste it in any text editor (i.e. Notepad).

    FWIW - not aware of anything related to "We are closing all old version of our Mailbox as from July 25"

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-09-11T17:21:44+00:00

    This is the site it takes you too.  I hope you can stop this scam.

    https:// hari124.duckdns dot org/newpage/

    <URL modified for safety>

    I just received the email stating:

    Outlook Mail

    We are closing all old version of our Mailbox as from Sept 14th.

    Please follow the link below to update your account :

    Thank You.

    Please do not reply to this message. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-03-06T11:37:28+00:00

    I got one too, but as im trying to resolve a problem i opened it.  It asked for your email address and password, at that point i clos

    ed it down.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-12-02T15:13:17+00:00

    I received the following email, which I did not open, as it seems suspicious (the sender's email is not from Microsoft).  Is this legit?

    It is spam and should be deleted.

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-12-02T13:49:31+00:00

    I received the following email, which I did not open, as it seems suspicious (the sender's email is not from Microsoft).  Is this legit?

    Mail service team <******@hotmail.com>

    Sat 11/30/2019 4:58 PM

    • ******@ht.com

    OUTLOOK.doc

    43 KB

    Dear User,

    This is to inform you that your email account has reached an Upgrade stage, Due to the fact that you are using our old version of Hotmail.

    If you choose not to update your account on or before 2nd December 2019, Your account will be permanently deleted from our database.

    Take a minute to update your account for a faster, safer and full-featured Outlook experience by opening the attached file and click on "Confirm" to login your account details to avoid deactivation of account.

    Thank you, 

    Mail Team ©2019

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