I just got an email today on my gmail account offering a single use code from [email protected]. It looks pretty legit, no spelling errors. I assume that is someone trying to break into my account but can't get past the two stage login. The email head pops up as Microsoft account t. Has anyone else been getting these emails? This is the first time in a year someone has tried to get into my account and failed. I tried posting in the reddit, but you all know how worthless reddit is. The AI flagged it as a "support post" and refused to let me post it.
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Sounds like a phishing attempt.
Log in normally through a trusted portal (not a link in that email) and see if you have any notifications or account alerts.
That should be common sense standard procedure for any email or message that seems like it's coming from some company you might have legit business with. Ignore the contact stuff in the email, and contact them yourself via their public webpage or customer support number and ask them directly.
Nothing. New scam then?
I just compared the emails. They are the same. So someone did try to get into my account but failed. Only sign ins are me.
Change your pw obviously.
Not new. Been getting those emails for years.
I saw a notice that these were going out and looked 100% legit as whoever put the email together didn't make the usual spelling errors and such. Even the return address looked legit until someone noticed that the M in the address was actually "rn" (RN lowercase)
I've had emails to hotmail/live/outlook accounts I use across various media/social media claiming to be from Microsoft with a 6 digit code given to me to enter wherever it was that started the process.
I ignore them, as I know it wasn't me, but perhaps someone has tried to access an account you use with your gmail account on a Microsoft service.
All I know, if it isn't me I presume it to be sidelined and then discarded by default. Never use the same passwords across different domains.
You can log onto your Microsoft account though Microsoft's website, not any e-mail link, for anything, ever.
After logging, click your initials in the top right to go to your profile, click security and check login activity.
The log will most likely contain only your own connections.
Scammers have all sort of tricks to make an e-mail look like it comes from a legitimate source.
The easiest way to not get scammed is to only log in account from the actual website you bookmarked, never from a link.
I just ignore them. I've also seen rn instead of m for the Microsoft name, lol.
Lol
I used to get those constantly until i just deleted my account (fuck microslop anyways), was happening pretty much daily at that point though with login attempts from IP's all over the world so assuming it got a email + old pass from a breach and they had automated a system to try and get into MS accounts.
I don't get them very often. One try last year, swapped passwords attempt ended. Did the same. See you all next year when the scammers try again. Probably time to start updating all passwords just in case.
yes been getting those for a week. first time
As you said, Reddit is worthless... buuut.... sometimes the people in r/Cybersecurity_Help/ can provide useful answers (assuming that wasn't the sub-reddit you tried asking in already).
Yeah, I got the actual emails after resetting my passwords and the fake email looks almost the same. However, there is some formatting differences. So close but no cigar.