Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
Scammers are sending fake Microsoft Account Team emails like the one below asking potential victims to contact them at cpeyton@gmail.com or peyton@gmail.com addresses. The scammers spoof the sending email address to make the fake email appears as if it a Microsoft.
"The following security info was recently added to the Microsoft account *@outlook.com"cpeyton@gmail.com
"The following security info was recently added to the Microsoft account *@outlook.com"
cpeyton@gmail.com
If you have received emails asking you to contact cpeyton@gmail.com or peyton@gmail.com, please delete them.
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Thank you for listing other email addresses. I added them all to my blocked list!
Anyone get ones saying that someone from Russia tried to log in to your account? I'm getting all kinds of fake emails. I NEVER reply to any of them. If you get these, go check your Google account (DON'T go through the suspicious email link) and check the activity/security on your account. If it's a scam, it won't appear there.
I have been requested by Microsoft Account Team if I have had contact from Waĺlecesj@hotmail.com. I have had no contact from or requested any from this sender other than the mail from Microsoft. I have no idea why they would contact me. Can the accounts team enlighten me
I just received the same email - exactly the same. It is a scam.
It is a scam, ignore them.
I also had the cpeyton@gmail.com, and now I have just got one saying Wallacesj@hotmail.com has been added. I am also getting a lot of calls from random countries. How do I know is if someone is in my account?
I clicked it wasn't me but I can't change my password! I had old security info and I changed it but I have to wait 30 days for my security info change to be approved so I can't change my password until then!
that's exactly what the scammers wanted you to do. then you gave them your "old" security info. now u wait 30 days until you find out you've been duped while their trail gets ice cold. nice.
Why not just forward to support@outlook so they can block all emails from that sender?
I have received an email from what looked like Microsoft with the name cpeyton@gmail.com has been added to my account. I checked and no email has been added. I clicked on the No It Wasn’t Me and it came up with another email address - eemailaddress1987@gmail.com. Didn’t send a reply and cancelled it. I have sent the email to Microsoft as phishing.
I had this email too but I didn’t click on the link to say no, because I had a feeling that was a scam and they just wanted me to click no, it wasn’t me. I first went to my account and check if that email was in in fact in my account; and it wasn’t. So I added more security and two step verification. And got the Authenticator for more security. I also got another email stating that this email shafi221995@hotmail.com was added to my microsoft account. So watch out for that one too. I was also getting a lot of phone calls from china, Italy, and at lot of other countries.I also saw a lot of attempted to conect or sync to my Microsoft account from all of those countries including Vetnam. Thank got they fail. I hate these freaking scammers. Get a job and get a life!
