The "Office365 Account Deactivation" Phishing Scam
Once the cybercriminals have received the stolen credentials, they will use it to their potential victims' Office 365 accounts and use them maliciously or fraudulently. So, recipients of the same email message are advised to delete it, and not follow the instructions in it.
The "Office365 Account Deactivation" Phishing Scam
From: Microsoft Fix [mailto:mx-59545445435@protection.office-365.com]
Sent: 04 September 2018 16:23
Subject: [Account-Deactivation]
Office-365
Hi Sales
Your account of [] will be disconnected from sending or receiving mails from other users. because you failed to resolve errors on your mail.
You need to resolve the errors or your account will be disconnected from j-mallinson.co.uk.
Follow the instruction below to resolve now.
RESOLVE ISSUE NOW
Regards,
Microsft Security Team
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