Hotmail account repeatedly locked

Anonymous
2022-01-11T17:28:52+00:00

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On Sat Jan 8, 2022, my outlook/hotmail account was temporarily locked due to "unusual activity". I requested a verification code, and my account was unlocked. I changed my password. I logged in OK the next day. I can receive emails, but as soon as I send an email, my account is locked again. What can I do?

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Anonymous
2022-01-24T16:05:45+00:00

Hello JerryJackson7 & All Community Members!

The fix for the ongoing issue has been deployed already. Please reset your account password and click the link I have provided below to verify the account.

Click here: Check your Microsoft account reputation

We look forward to your response on the results. If you have other clarifications about this matter, you can get back to us by replying to this post. Sincerely,Juhn Jac,Consumer M365 Forum Moderator

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-01-24T18:51:14+00:00

    Sorry for the late reply as I had got locked out and you can't post on the forum without being logged in *facepalm*

    I first got locked out when I used an Android email app called Spark. After that I've used web-mail on Firefox and Bing browsers with the same issue repeating incessantly. Wasn't using any email client (Thunderbird etc)

    I'm just checking all the replies now and I see that the moderator has posted a fix, will try it now and see if this resolves!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-01-24T11:00:30+00:00

    Hi everyone - I had a similar issue to all here (on outlook.com) and at the moment at least, it appears to be resolved.

    I used, as others have mentioned, another phone to get the text confirmation through after about 3/4 attempts on separate days over a space of a week. This got me through on a desktop, what I also did however was remove the outlook app from my android phone (of the same phone number I was originally trying, and failing to get verification SMS too). The phone is quite old and hadn't been updated in a while so I just suspect it may been causing some issues.

    I hope this helps to anyone still struggling.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-01-23T19:44:07+00:00

    I have had the exact same thing happen to me how can I get ahold of someone who can help

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-01-22T18:19:25+00:00

    Yes I know, many people had this problem unfortunately

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