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Possible phishing scam--Action Required: Re-connect Outlook 2016/2013 to Outlook.com after upgrade

Anonymous
2016-11-10T19:54:50+00:00

Received this today. Is it a scam? ActAcion

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-11-10T20:59:06+00:00

    I have received the same message - here is a screenshot.

    The links all point to click.email2.office.com

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-11-10T21:07:09+00:00

    is this link a MS site ?:  http://click.email2.office.com 

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-11-11T01:56:10+00:00

    Looks like a well crafted  phishing e-mail like AMFK said, because of  "outlook at email2.office.com" email address.

    The above user is correct.

    All Microsoft emails will have a green shield next to the senders name. See this image for example:

    DO NOT Click any Links from the email. Do not Give any information.

    The Information is correct ONLY IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH Outlook 2016

    See this Article from Microsoft: Reconnect Outlook 2016 or Outlook 2013 to Outlook.com to fix issues after Outlook.com upgradeto confirm.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-11-10T20:21:31+00:00

    We need an actual screenshot of the email (including clickable links) to be sure but there are a couple of things you can check yourself.  First legitimate emails have a green lock in the address bar, second when you mouse over any links they must clearly point to a ms site.  Additionally if you are asked for personal information like DOB, passwords, etc it is a fake because Microsoft already has your info.

    If it turns out to be a scam you can report it here report_spam AT outlook.com

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-11-10T23:41:59+00:00

    I got this too, for both of my @Outlook.com accounts.

    Looks like a well crafted  phishing e-mail like AMFK said, because of  "outlook at email2.office.com" email address. This address just doesn't look good.

    I pinged email2.office.com and got ip address of "136.147.129.27", which according to whois.domaintools.com is registred to Salesforce.

    Mitjah

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