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The email message below: "Microsoft account Security info replacement," which claims that a process was started to replace all of the security info for the recipients' Microsoft accounts, is a phishing scam. The email message was sent by cyber-criminals, whose intentions are to hijack their victims' email accounts and use them for malicious purposes. So, recipients of the same email message are advised not to follow the instructions in it.
From: account-security-noreply@account.microsoft.comSubject: Microsoft account security infoTo: *@hotmail.comMicrosoft account Security info replacementSomeoe started a process to replace all of the security info for the Microsoft account *@hotmail.com.If this was you, you can safely ignore this email. Your security info will be replaced with 14018231239 when the 30-day waiting period is up.If this wasn't you, someone else might be trying to take over *@hotmail.com. Click here and we'll help you protect this account.Thanks,The Microsoft account team
From: account-security-noreply@account.microsoft.comSubject: Microsoft account security infoTo: *@hotmail.com
Microsoft account Security info replacement
Someoe started a process to replace all of the security info for the Microsoft account *@hotmail.com.
If this was you, you can safely ignore this email. Your security info will be replaced with 14018231239 when the 30-day waiting period is up.
If this wasn't you, someone else might be trying to take over *@hotmail.com. Click here and we'll help you protect this account.
Thanks,
The Microsoft account team
The link in the email message goes to a fake Hotmail, Outlook or Microsoft website, which will attempt to trick the cyber-criminals' potential victims into entering their usernames and passwords on it. If the potential victims enter their Microsoft Outlook, Hotmail, Live usernames and passwords on the fake website, it will be sent to the cyber-criminals behind the email scam, who will use the information to hijack their accounts.
Recipients who have received the same email message are asked to go directly to their email account instead of clicking on the links in the email message. And, if there is anything wrong with their accounts, it will be shown to them after signing into account.
And, recipients of who have been tricked by the phishing emaill are asked to change their Microsoft Hotmail/Live/Outlook password immediately. And, if they are unable to, they should click here to report it to Microsoft.
This scam is similar to the following:
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I have a request to change security phone number which will activate in 30 days but I no longer have access to that phone number and need to replace my security phone number to my new phone number, how can I do this, please?
30312222842(text message from a mobile)"Wait is over info j***@yahoo.com is replaced Review at https//account.live.com/p"
Received this:"Good News The waiting period you started 30 days ago is over and your old security info has been replaced with *MoB#965... No* further action requiredIf you like review the security info for j#@yahoo.com click hereThanksThe Microsoft acoounteam noreply@acoountprotection.microsoft.comSECURITY Info was RELACED"
I received an email that said I should change my security settings and they would be changed 30 days later. I then received another email saying this had been implemented but since then I have not been able to receive any emails on my Hotmail accountWhat do I do now?
Try changing your password.
I just got it. It is a phishing scam. It asks you to correct the info at: tlookservercanada. tr3r.from-il.com That link brings up another link: http://stenniss.com/hotonlineohtoottt/index.php. Which is a fake page that looks like one from Microsoft, but is NOT. That page steals your password and username. This is not even a very good scam, for reasons I won't expose here, in case they correct them.Learn more at: http://www.zonealarm.com/ or at: https://www.us-cert.gov/.
