How do I check the bonafides of an email purportedly from Azure?

Question

I have just received and email from the address ******@mictosoft.com (screen shot attached). I have an MS account just for Office (am an all Apple user) and am not aware of a relationship with Azure and have never had correspondence from this part of Microsoft.

The subject of the email is "=?UTF-8?B?UHJvdGVjdCBKZWFuZXMgSG9sbGFuZCBhbmQgQXNzb2NpYXRlcyB3aXRoIEF 6dXJlIEFEIHNlY3VyaXR5IGRlZmF..." (I have not shown the last several characters in case it is an identifier).

As you can see, the email has a bunch of links, no reference to any Azure products or services I might have, DOES include my company name and an "organisation identifier" that I DON'T have a record of anywhere in my system. My (very small) business doesn't run any software associated with Microsoft other than current Office.

Is this a real Azure email or is it a convincing attempt to get into my system?

Thanks in advance for any assistance. Dave

Answer 1

Hello Dave,

I'd recommend hitting the Details button to see the FROM address. This e-mail doesn't look legit to me but the headers will prove the truth.

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