i may have gotten a phishing email

Question

Hi can anyone advice if this email is from microsoft and is legitamate ?? maccount@microsoft.com

Answer 1

Hello @midas,

welcome to this moderated Azure community forum.

In general, Microsoft uses recognizable email addresses.

It's hard to say if this is a legitime email address without any context.

Check out this Microsoft Support page regarding protecting yourself from phishing. Here is more background information.

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Answer 2

Hi @midas ,

Welcome to our forum!

Do you mean that your Outlook.com account received this message? If so, please kindly understand that the Outlook tag here we mainly focus on general issues about Outlook desktop client. If you suspect it's a phishing email, please do not access those links or enter any information. Delete that!

In addition, there's an article that mentioned some ways to recognize a phishing email. From this, you can learn to spot a phishing message: Protect yourself from phishing.

If it doesn't help, it's suggested that you could post your case in dedicated forum for Outlook.com for more professional advice. Thanks for your understanding and support!

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