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Does Anyone Know About Phishing Scams Online. I Received A Email Claiming To Be From Microsoft
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The verification code would have been sent to the mobile phone number that you nominated via text. Have you checked that phone? If it is there it will now be "timed out" and you will need to generate another one. You are also going to have to change your email password, and if you bank or shop online you will need to change all those account details pretty quickly. If you have opened a link embedded in an email and given details then you may have had your email hacked......No fun.
I'm assuming that you're using a Microsoft-based email account. (i.e. with an address that ends in @outlook.com or @hotmail.com). If you're using a different account then, obviously, resetting your Microsoft password isn't going to help!
The Microsoft 'lost password' site is here:
https:/
However, even if you can get back into your account, you need to think about what someone who's had access to it could have done while he was there. For example, he could have looked through all of your emails to see if there's anything there which would help him to gain access to your bank account (or, for example, your Amazon account). Further, he could have copied all of your contact details, so that he can then send spoof emails to all of your friends, pretending to be you and inviting them to click on the links that he includes in those emails. He'll still be able to do that even after you've reclaimed the account for your own use. (I once emailed another AB member, so that my email address ended up in his contacts list. He later had his account hacked and, even though he can now access it normally again, I still get fake emails purporting to come from him once every few months).
Remember also that if you've used your email password for anything else (such as to access your Amazon account), the hacker is likely to try accessing any other accounts that share the same password.
The Microsoft 'lost password' site is here:
https:/
However, even if you can get back into your account, you need to think about what someone who's had access to it could have done while he was there. For example, he could have looked through all of your emails to see if there's anything there which would help him to gain access to your bank account (or, for example, your Amazon account). Further, he could have copied all of your contact details, so that he can then send spoof emails to all of your friends, pretending to be you and inviting them to click on the links that he includes in those emails. He'll still be able to do that even after you've reclaimed the account for your own use. (I once emailed another AB member, so that my email address ended up in his contacts list. He later had his account hacked and, even though he can now access it normally again, I still get fake emails purporting to come from him once every few months).
Remember also that if you've used your email password for anything else (such as to access your Amazon account), the hacker is likely to try accessing any other accounts that share the same password.
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