"Microsoft Your E-Mail Will Close Within 24 Hours" Phishing Scam
The fake "Microsoft Your E-Mail Will Close Within 24 Hours" email (see below) which appears to have been sent by Microsoft, is a phishing scam created by cybercriminals to steal Microsoft Outlook or Hotmail usernames and passwords. The intentions of the cybercriminals are to hijack email accounts and use them for malicious purposes. So, recipients of the same email message are advised to delete it, and not follow the instructions in it.
The "Microsoft Your E-Mail Will Close Within 24 Hours" Scam
From: EMAIL SERVICE PROVIDER - denisha_93@hotmail.com
Sent: 24 April 2018 08:08
To: 1-cloud@user.mcrosoft.com
Subject: 🔓 FINAL WARNING : YOUR E-MAIL WILL CLOSE WITHIN 24 HOURS
Microsoft
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At 22:32 PM 04/24/2018
A deactivation request was made by you at exactly 22:32 PM to completely close down your email box. We are attending to the request and soon we will close the email box as requested. If you did not make this request and you think you are receiving this message mistakenly, please Update Now and sign in back in order to keep your email box intact, otherwise your mail box will be shut down.
Thank you,
Microsoft account team.
The link in the email message goes to a fake 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.
If you have received the same email message, please go directly to your email account instead of clicking on the links in the email message. And, if there is anything wrong with your account, it will be shown to you after signing in. If you were tricked by the phishing email, please change your Microsoft Hotmail/Live/Outlook immediately. If you are unable to, click here to report it to Microsoft.
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