"You Have 3 Rejected Incoming Messages" Office 365 Phishing Scam
The email message below which claims the recipients have 3 rejected incoming messages is a phishing scam created to steal Microsoft Office 365 usernames and passwords. The email message was not sent by Microsoft, but by cyber-criminals, whose intentions are to gain access to the potential victims' accounts and use them for malicious or fraudulent purposes.
The "You Have 3 Rejected Incoming Messages Microsoft Office 365" Scam
From: - postmaster.failure@microsoftstoreemail.com
Date: February 13, 2018 at 4:21:35 AM EST
Subject: Re:
Office 365
Microsoft
You have 3 rejected incoming messages to your below email address:
Your email () currently have two incoming
messages pending delivery from Office 365 because the recipient's email failed our
security detection checks.
To keep you safe, we require an extra security challenge. Verify your e-mail
below to allow email delivery transmission from our secured mail servers.
Verify your e-mail
After successful email verification, pending messages to this mailbox will be
released automatically.
We appreciate your cooperation and look forward to continuing to improve the
security of your microsoft account.
Uncompromising mobility.
The link in the email message goes to a fake Microsoft website that tricks potential victims into entering their usernames and passwords on it. If the potential victims enter their Microsoft 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 the victims' accounts.
Therefore, Microsoft users who have received email messages like the one above, should go directly to their email accounts instead of clicking on the links in the email messages. If there is anything wrong with their accounts, it will be shown to them after signing into.
Now, Microsoft users who were tricked by phishing scams should change their passwords immediately.
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