OnMicrosoft.com Office 365 Malicious and Spam Emails

Spammers, scammers, or cyber-criminals are abusing Microsoft Office 365 by sending spam and malicious email messages from it, which they will use to trick their potential victims into sending them their money, personal and financial information, or clicking on links that will take them to malicious websites that will infect their computers with viruses, Trojan horse or other malware. Microsoft Office 365, often referred to as Microsoft 365 or Office 365, is a web-based version of Microsoft Office Suite.

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OnMicrosoft.com Office 365 Malicious and Spam Emails

How are Scammers Using Microsoft Office 365?

Spammers, scammers and cybercriminals are signing up for Office 365 accounts, creating email addresses and websites, and are using them to send spam and malicious email messages to their potential victims.

Here is an example:

The following fraudulent email message was sent to a potential victim; luckily she sent it to us to determine if it is legitimate:

Subject: Attn:This Is My Second Email, Please Respond
From: Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed01@lawoffice2013 .onmicrosoft.com

The cyber-criminals responsible for the fraudulent email created a website name or subdomain under “onmicrosoft.com” called “lawoffice2013”. The website or subdomain name looks like the following:”lawoffice2013.onmicrosoft.com

Then they created the email address “Ahmed01@ lawoffice2013.onmicrosoft.com” from the website or subdomain name. Once the email address has been created, they then send the spam and malicious email message above from it.

Cyber-crooks are using different website or subdomain names, so look out for suspicious email messages that are sent from email addresses ending with “onmicrosoft.com.” A lot of recipients of the spam and malicious email messages sent from Microsoft Office 365 or OnMicrosoft.com accounts created by scammers, cybercriminals or spammers, will think the email messages are legitimate because they are coming from “onmicrosoft.com,” which is owned and operated by Microsoft.

So, recipients of suspicious email messages that are sent from onmicrosoft.com or other email addresses, should never click on links in the suspicious emails to sign into their online accounts, should never send money or their personal information if they are asked to do so by suspicious emails, and should never respond to suspicious email messages.

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Note: Some of the information in samples on this website may have been impersonated or spoofed.

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February 22, 2024 at 6:11 AM by
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an anonymous user from: Monroe, Louisiana, United States

I've received over 400 spams from and "...onmicrosoft.com email address in the past 2 months. After 50 of them I started sending spam notifications to

junk@office365.microsoft.com

abuse@microsoft.com

abuse@messaging.microsoft.com

abuse@frontbridge.com

Cert@Microsoft.com

The body of the notification contains this list of addresses.

Currently I've sent 139 notifications containing multiple spams to these email addresses. Microsoft seldom replies but when then do it's ALWAYS:

"...To report junk mail from Office 365 tenants, send an email to junk@office365.microsoft.com and include the junk mail as an attachment..."

What a bunch of IDIOTS! The very first email address in the list is junk@office365.microsoft.com!

I assume that they can't read English.

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July 25, 2023 at 2:56 PM by
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an anonymous user from: Lichfield, England, United Kingdom

I have received the same email and and after reading your comments I had a phone call and told them my email was right and gave them my address and now I am very worried after reading your article I am 81 years old and don't have money only my pension to live on

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June 2, 2023 at 7:27 AM by
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an anonymous user from: England, United Kingdom

Received an email from noahsmith@t6usdy.onmicrosoft.com, the return address is noahsmith@redirecttheway.com, the email stated that I had compensation to claim due to a purchase I couldn't return or something. I have copied and pasted the full email in this for you guys to view and it may help someone else out there, who like me is broke and could easily have fallen for this, luckily I realised they don't mention the stores name at all, not only that I don't recall this ever happening where I had trouble returning an item let alone the last time I bought anything. Anyways here's the email...(I know it is but im hoping I'm not wrong)

NEW UPDATE: SUPPORT CASE #1684762866 DATED 22.05.2023

Dear Jodie ...,

I hope this message finds you well. I am reaching out regarding your support case from one year ago (22.05.2022), which, to our regret, remained unresolved due to a system malfunction. I was alerted to this oversight recently and immediately took the matter up with my superior, Richard.

Your initial complaint, lodged at our in-store service desk, involved an issue with a purchased item that you could not return or exchange. Unfortunately, the exact details of your case were also lost in the system error. This situation clearly contravenes our store policy, and we deeply regret any inconvenience this may have caused you.

To rectify this situation, we have determined to provide you with compensation. Given the duration of this issue, the compensation value will be significantly high. Please accept this as a token of our sincere apologies and as a testament to how much we value you as a customer.

To proceed, we need to confirm your email address: [email address removed]. Please respond to this email - your reply can be blank. As long as we receive your response, we can take the necessary steps to ensure you receive your rightful compensation.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Best regards,

Noah Smith

Regional Response Administrator

Head Office

Lion Street, County Lane,

Cambridge,

Cambridgeshire,

CB4 3EQ

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July 25, 2023 at 7:56 PM by
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an anonymous user from: London, England, United Kingdom

Had 2 of these today, same address. Scumbags

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March 10, 2021 at 11:21 PM by
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an anonymous user from: Los Angeles, Wilmington, California, United States

I was asked to create an email address for Microsoft. Is this legitimate.

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March 11, 2021 at 6:35 AM by
OnMicrosoft.com Office 365 Malicious and Spam Emails
info

Please provide more information.

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January 23, 2021 at 11:27 AM by
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an anonymous user from: Warwick, Queensland, Australia

I have been having trouble with email on my live.com.au outlook account lately.

Several emails had been undeliverable, message by post master,

I said myself an email, it too was undeliverable and the following additional 'address?' seemed to be attached to my address - what is it please:

lzhlorjL.MvLhFngs@MqZqD.onmicrosoft.com

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June 28, 2020 at 2:14 AM by
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an anonymous user from: United States

Here is another scam, please do not follow the instructions in it:

"extinfirms@taklokhighs.onmicrosoft.com

Intermediate witnesses (a work from home): We secretly assess the way Walmart staffs discharge their daily assigned duties. This is a way to measure workers performances and we pay four hundred dollars twice every week with flexible hour.

If you intend to be a member; reply with your name/phone-number/physical contact address and zip-code. We shall send our free training manual to enable you commence work here.

Ronald Garcias;

Mintel International Group, Ltd."

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June 26, 2020 at 10:28 PM by
OnMicrosoft.com Office 365 Malicious and Spam Emails
info

"From: Netlfix <leoreplay1@ssserviceheelps.onmicrosoft.com>

Date: 26 June 2020 at 1:54:26 PM GMT-5

Subject: Your membership has been cancelled! [ID:45519]"

Received this scam.

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April 12, 2020 at 5:01 PM by
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an anonymous user from: Miami, Florida, United States

Sending spam from:

ALLISSON • brmrutnv@brmrutnv.onmicrosoft.com

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Hang up the phone. Do not reply to emails, messages, or letters that the scammer sends. Do not make any more payments to the scammer. Beware of additional scammers who may contact you claiming they can help you get your lost money back.

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Scammers often update their tactics to keep up with the latest news or trends, but here are some common tactics used in phishing emails or text messages:

Phishing emails and text messages often tell a story to trick you into clicking on a link or opening an attachment. You might get an unexpected email or text message that looks like it’s from a company you know or trust, like a bank or a credit card or utility company. Or maybe it’s from an online payment website or app. The message could be from a scammer, who might

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About Online Threat Alerts (OTA)

Online Threat Alerts or OTA is an anti-cybercrime community that started in 2012. OTA alerts the public to cyber crimes and other web threats.

By alerting the public, we have prevented a lot of online users from getting scammed or becoming victims of cybercrimes.

With the ever-increasing number of people going online, it important to have a community like OTA that continuously alerts or protects those same people from cyber-criminals, scammers and hackers, who are every day finding new ways of carrying out their malicious activities.

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