Dear Marlene Gergeceff,
Thanks for using Microsoft products and posting in the community.
I understand that you received an email, which is usually a common phishing scam or threatening email.
As you have good security awareness, which greatly reduce your risk. Now I will do my best to help you. It is important to take precautionary measures, and you can refer to the following suggestions:
You can Help Microsoft stop false-tech-support scammers -- whether they claim to be from Microsoft or from another tech company. Report tech support scams at this link: https://msrc.microsoft.com/report/
In addition, you can report any illegal, abusive, unwanted, or malicious emails you discover from your Outlook.com, Hotmail, Live, or MSN accounts, and forward a complete copy of the abused email (including the full email subject) to ******@outlook.com.
Meanwhile, we suggest you check your account's login activity through this link to ensure that no one has logged into your account abnormally: Check the recent sign-in activity for your Microsoft account - Microsoft Support If there, you can Reference: How to recover a hacked or compromised Microsoft account - Microsoft Support
In addition, for more information on identifying and handling fraudulent emails, please refer to the following link:
Phishing and suspicious behavior in Outlook - Microsoft Support
Protect yourself from tech support scams - Microsoft Support
Hope this help you, please feel free to let me know how it goes. If there is any deviation in my understanding, please forgive me and provide me with more details. I am more than happy to continue to help you.
Best Regards,
Addie.C - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist