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Is the email legit or a scam?

Anonymous
2023-03-14T14:32:54+00:00

Hi Microsoft Team! I just wanted to make sure this email is legit. It went to my junk mail and it’s from no-reply@microsoft.com. I accidentally also clicked on “report user” link which took me to an email page like to send a reply but I exited out of it and didn’t hit send or anything. The email was on a sign in activity from Russia.

I tried to post the screenshot of the email but it didn’t work.

It said: country/region: Russia/Moscow

IP ADDRESS: 103.251.12.244

Date: Thu 09 March 2023 23:16:13 +0000

Platform: windows 11

Browser: Chrome

I need to know cause I’m a little worried and I already changed my password and have two-step authentication and sign-in Authenticator app as well for a code.

Thank you

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-03-14T15:18:30+00:00

    No worries. As long as you did not actually send the reply, your account is good. :)

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-03-14T15:16:40+00:00

    Hi Raech!

    Thank you so much for the response. I deleted right away but I did click on the blue link shut didn’t send a reply email or anything, after clicking the link it took me to an email reply but I exited out of it so I’m just worried it installed malware etc on my phone, do you think I will just get spam emails and my info won’t be jeopardized or my mailbox?

    Thanks again

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-03-14T15:14:49+00:00

    Thank you for the article

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-03-14T15:05:27+00:00

    Hi Nagham! This is Raech. I'm a fellow Outlook.com user and I'm here to help.

    That email is a scam and not legitimate. When you click the link and reply to the email, it will send a huge amount of Spam emails in your Inbox.

    Please delete the email as soon as possible.

    I hope this helps.

    Sincerely,
    Raech C.

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  5. Ron-6928 4,991 Reputation points
    2023-03-14T14:38:21+00:00

    >> I already changed my password and have two-step authentication and sign-in Authenticator app as well for a code.

    Most likely a phishing/scam email. The above is enough to protect your mailbox from a takeover. Be sure to use a strong password. This article tells you how to check for sign in activity:

    Check the recent sign-in activity for your Microsoft account https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/check-the-recent-sign-in-activity-for-your-microsoft-account-5b3cfb8e-70b3-2bd6-9a56-a50177863357

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