"New Microsoft Account Policy" Phishing Scam

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Updated: April 12, 2018 2018-04-12T06:00:06 -
Date: April 12, 2018 2018-04-12T05:57:52

The email message below with the subject "New Microsoft account policy," which claims the recipients need to verify the ownership of their accounts to prevent them from being terminated, is a phishing scam sent by cybercriminals, and not by Microsoft. The fake email message was created by cybercriminals to frighten and trick the recipients into clicking on the link within it. The link goes to a phishing website or a fake website looking like Microsoft’s website, created by cybercriminals to trick potential victims into entering their Microsoft account usernames and passwords on it, by asking them to sign in. But, any attempts to sign into the fake website, will result in the victims’ Microsoft account usernames and passwords being sent to cybercriminals.

Once cybercriminals have gotten their potential victims’ account credentials (usernames and passwords), they will use it to hijack their Microsoft accounts and use them fraudulently. Therefore, recipients of the phishing email message (see below) who were tricked into clicking on the link within it and have attempted to sign into the phishing or fake website that they were taken, are asked to change their Microsoft account passwords immediately, before they are hijacked and used fraudulently by cybercriminals.

The "Microsoft Updates Term of Uses and Privacy Policy Statement" Phishing Scam

From: MSN Service <danielpercy@hotmail.co.uk>

Sent: 10 April 2018 13:08

To: MSN Service

Subject: Security: Technical Upgrade (Do Not Ignore)

New Microsoft account policy!

Dear Outlook User,

There is a new regulation policy concerning all registered account, Please verify the ownership of your mailbox account, otherwise incoming message will be delayed or your account been terminated.

click here> you will receive a notification code for your mailbox account, and also steps how to verify account.

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