Alert - "Your password is Set to Expire" is a Microsoft Phishing Scam
Would you share this Article with others?
A Sample of the "Your password is Set to Expire" Microsoft Phishing Scam
From: Microsoft Outlook <info85892@ultraviolet-derfilm.de>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 6:43 AM
To: Janie MacDonald
Subject: Your password is set to expire
Microsoft account
Dear Janie
We are contacting you for the last time before locking you out.
You have 24 hours to respond.
Resolve this by following directives below.
RECTIFY PASSWORD EXPIRATION
Sincerely
Microsoft Office365
Once the cybercriminals have gotten their potential victims' Microsoft account credentials, they will gain access to their accounts, hijack them, and use them fraudulently. Hijacked accounts that are used fraudulently will be blocked by Microsoft, therefore, Microsoft users who have been tricked by the phishing scam are asked to change their passwords before their accounts are hijacked.
Microsoft users whose accounts have already been hijacked may follow the instructions below to recover their accounts:
-
Go to https://login.live.com/
-
Enter your email address and click the "Next" button
-
Click the "Forgot my password" link
-
Click "I think someone else is using my Microsoft account" link
-
Follow the rest of the instructions
Remember, never click on a link in an email message to sign into your Microsoft account. Always go directly to www.hotmail.com, www.outlook.com, or login.live.com to sign-in instead. After signing in, important notifications, changes or updates will be shown to you, if there is any.
Note: Some of the names, addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers or other information in samples on this website may have been impersonated or spoofed.
Please share what you know or ask a question about this article by leaving a comment below. Also, check the comment section below for additional information, if there is any.
Remember to forward suspicious, malicious, or phishing email messages to us at the following email address: info@onlinethreatalerts.com
Also, report missing persons, scams, untrustworthy, or fraudulent websites to us. Tell us why you consider the websites untrustworthy or fraudulent.
If you want to quickly find answers to your questions, use our search ![]()
engine.
You can help maintain Online Threat Alerts (OTA) by paying a service fee. Click here to make payment.
Comments, Questions, Answers, or Reviews
To help protect your privacy, please do not post or remove, your full name, telephone number, email address, username, password, account number, credit card information, home address or other sensitive information in or from your comments, questions, or reviews.
Write Your Comment, Question, Answer, or Review
Write your comment, question, answer, or review in the box below to share what you know or to get answers. NB: We will use your IP address to display your approximate location to other users.