Scam?

Question

I received this message in my outlook email today. I am still receiving emails and such and i paid the fee for 365 back in Feburary.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         This message is from a trusted sender.

Greetings,

This is Jennifer M. Simon from Microsoft Corporation Secured Service,

We were unable to validate details about your Microsoft Office 365 account, so we have temporarily suspended your account.

While your account is suspended, you will not be able to log in to the Microsoft Office 365 portal or access other services. If you are a representative of this account you need to reinstate your account by using this link https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Reactivate

If you do not respond to us within 15 days of this email (by Thursday, April 25, 2019), your Microsoft Office 365 account, and any content will be deleted. In certain situations, Microsoft Office 365 reserves the right to expedite the deletion of your content.

Thank you for your immediate attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

Microsoft Corporation Secured Service

Answer 1

Hi,
I am an independent advisor, and I am trying to help other users using my experience with Microsoft products.
Thanks for your question!
This is a fishing email, just report it. Microsoft won't use such an attitude if you don't do this or that the account will be suspended.
You can check the link if you copy the link and paste it into notepad for example you will see that the link will be different.

I hope this helps!

Regards,
Kristina

Answer 2

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Scam?

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Hello Alex

Answer: Absolutely.

How can you tell? Hover over the link in the message to see where the link actually points to. In this case you'll see that it points to link that has nothing to do with Microsoft. Another way to verify a link is to right-click on it, select <Copy> and paste it in any text editor (i.e. Notepad). (applies equally to any message that appears to come from other major companies such as PayPal, Amazon etc)

The link

https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Reactivate

actually points to the following domain - (am not going to include the full link since it would serve no purpose in this response)

login.outlook-mail-microsoftonlnecom.help-office-pejsg.dynv6.net

Note: if your account was really suspended, you wouldn't be able to log into it normally (normally = using your browser without clicking on the link in the message)

Answer 3

Hello Alex,

If you have any other concerns regarding to Office 365, please post it in this forum withou any hesitate. Our support engineers are always waiting for you here, thanks.

@ Karl, KristinaBogdanova  Thanks for all your help.

Regards,

Oliver

Answer 4

I mean under copy the link, copy the link with right mouse click than "copy link".