Microsoft Account Security Alert We Think That Someone

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Microsoft Account Security Alert We Think That Someone

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Other benefits of registering an account are subscribing to topics and forums, creating a blog, and having no ads shown anywhere on the site.or read our to learn how to use this site. Aside from those of us in this thread who have said we received these warning e-mails recently, everyone else is so quick to claim that they are all fake. Like crzyn8, I checked through the e-mail's message source and everything looked legit.As I said, I logged directly into MS Live's site typing the URL, not clicking on any link in the e-mail. After changing my password, I got the confirmation e-mail with 'account team' in lower case letters, and 'thanks' instead of 'thank you'.Seems to me, you can't do a blanket 'they're all scams' based off of something like that. You guys here need to give some credence to that fact. Now, had there been glaring grammatical mistakes as we tend to see so often, then that is entirely more likely to be the case.Who knows? Maybe the original e-mail I got was a scam (although it looked completely legit when I checked the source), but the resulting confirmation from MS was not a fake.Where did you get that email, in your Outlook/Hotmail account, or your Gmail account?Yahoo as far as I can remember.

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One account for all things Microsoft. One place to manage it all. Welcome to your account dashboard. Sign In Create a Microsoft account. New to Microsoft? Get started with Microsoft products and more. Change a password, update security information, and keep vital account details up-to-date. Your Microsoft.

I deleted it, but I'm pretty sure the email was sent to that account. Aside from those of us in this thread who have said we received these warning e-mails recently, everyone else is so quick to claim that they are all fake.

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Like crzyn8, I checked through the e-mail's message source and everything looked legit.As I said, I logged directly into MS Live's site typing the URL, not clicking on any link in the e-mail. After changing my password, I got the confirmation e-mail with 'account team' in lower case letters, and 'thanks' instead of 'thank you'.Seems to me, you can't do a blanket 'they're all scams' based off of something like that. You guys here need to give some credence to that fact. Now, had there been glaring grammatical mistakes as we tend to see so often, then that is entirely more likely to be the case.Who knows?

Maybe the original e-mail I got was a scam (although it looked completely legit when I checked the source), but the resulting confirmation from MS was not a fake.Where did you get that email, in your Outlook/Hotmail account, or your Gmail account?Yahoo as far as I can remember. I deleted it, but I'm pretty sure the email was sent to that account.

Aside from those of us in this thread who have said we received these warning e-mails recently, everyone else is so quick to claim that they are all fake. Like crzyn8, I checked through the e-mail's message source and everything looked legit.As I said, I logged directly into MS Live's site typing the URL, not clicking on any link in the e-mail. After changing my password, I got the confirmation e-mail with 'account team' in lower case letters, and 'thanks' instead of 'thank you'.Seems to me, you can't do a blanket 'they're all scams' based off of something like that. You guys here need to give some credence to that fact.

Microsoft Account Security Alert We Think That Someone

Now, had there been glaring grammatical mistakes as we tend to see so often, then that is entirely more likely to be the case.Who knows? Maybe the original e-mail I got was a scam (although it looked completely legit when I checked the source), but the resulting confirmation from MS was not a fake.Where did you get that email, in your Outlook/Hotmail account, or your Gmail account?Yahoo as far as I can remember. I deleted it, but I'm pretty sure the email was sent to that account.Edited by irfanshah, 04 June 2016 - 11:37 PM. I just got one of these emails, they seem legit though. I needed to re-enter my security details to access my email today, because there was some suspicious behavior going on with my email.I checked my recent activity and someone from Brazil tried to get past my account security. I also received an email notifying me about the breach from the same recipient (Microsoft account team).

I changed my password & added some security info afterwards and also received confirmation emails from the same recipient. One for saying my password has been changed and one for saying security info has been added.

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It has the green shield in the title of the email, should I be worried or anything? Or is this actually not legit?. This topic is almost three years old. While there are legitimate emails from the Microsoft account team, email phishing scams using the Microsoft name are very common so you have to be very careful. At the time of this topic, the link you provided from Microsoft did not exist and they did not provide clear answers in regards to questions about such emails so much of the available information was conflicting.Fortunately, they now have articles with more useful information and explanations.Microsoft keeps an eye on your account to help prevent anybody that's not you from signing in to it. When we see a sign-in attempt from a strange place or device, we add a second layer of protection and then send you email and SMS alerts.We let you know about the unusual sign-in attempt two ways:.

A message when you try to sign in that says, Help us protect your account. Weve detecting something unusual about this sign-in. An email about Unusual sign-in activity. If you're worried that this is spam, check the sender. A legitimate email will come from the Microsoft account team at account-security-noreply@account.microsoft.com.The recent activity page shows info about when and where you've used your Microsoft account within the last 30 days.If there is unusual activity on your account, we should already have notified you through email.Security info is an alternate email address or phone number that you add to your account. If you forget your password, or if someone else is trying to take over your account, we send a security code to that alternate email or phone number. When you give the code back to us, we know that youre really you and we can get you back into your Microsoft account.

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This is the text of the email:Microsoft accountSecurity alertWe think that someone else might have accessed the Microsoft account js.@optonline.net. When this happens, we require you to verify your identity with a security challenge and then change your password the next time you sign in.If someone else has access to your account, they have your password and might be trying to access your personal information or send junk email.If you haven't already recovered your account, we can help you do it now.Recover accountLearn how to make your account more secure.Thanks,The Microsoft account team. This is the text of the email I received. This scam is back!Microsoft accountSecurity alertWe think that someone else might have accessed the Microsoft account js.@optonline.net.

When this happens, we require you to verify your identity with a security challenge and then change your password the next time you sign in.If someone else has access to your account, they have your password and might be trying to access your personal information or send junk email.If you haven't already recovered your account, we can help you do it now.Recover accountLearn how to make your account more secure.Thanks,The Microsoft account team.

Microsoft Account Security Alert We Think That Someone