Many unsolicited Microsoft verification codes.

Anonymous
2020-01-04T16:51:31+00:00

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I'm getting a few codes minute for the last hour or so.  I've checked to see if someone was accessing my account and there was no evidence of it.  I'm receiving texts from a handful of numbers and i don't want to block them in since i do need to get verification code from time to time, and the number i get the code from varies.

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Anonymous
2020-01-06T20:23:09+00:00

Hi BenjaminDau,

If you're receiving unsolicited verification codes, this means that someone is trying to login your account and unable to pass the verification process. Kindly see the suggestions provided in this article on how to keep your Microsoft account safe and secure.

To notify us and have us get back to you, simply reply to this post.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-05-23T22:02:47+00:00

    Dear,

    I have similar issue: for the previous company i was working for, i inserted my phone as double factor security for several team account i was in charge. But now that i left the company, i continue to receive SMS for this double factor authentification.

    I already alerted the IT team of my previous company. But for now, nothing change, is there a way to check and validate/unvalidate all the mail adresses linked to my phone number?

    Hi AubryDejong,

    Out of the insane amout of people simply stating to have the same issue, your situation are more relevant to my own. I believe that most of the reported issues are more connected to the phone number than to the actual account. 

    My situation; I'm IT support for multiple companies, supporting around 4000 users. I use a company mobile phone which in the past belonged to the village idiot, whom used this number to setup multiple end users for verification.

    My question; did you manage to get your phone number removed from the accounts? If so how?

    The best advise I got so far was to press 0# instead of just # when called from a Microsoft number if not initiated by yourself, which are meant to block the account causing the user to contact support and being identified. This worked for a while but seems to be disabled as an option now. Text messages unfortunately never had a solution other than ignoring them.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-05-22T02:36:53+00:00

    I have the same problem

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-05-19T22:39:04+00:00

    I received an authentication call from 855-330-8653 at 10:40:58 AM EDT May 19, 2021.  I did not request a code.  Please advise.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-05-19T19:58:45+00:00

    Hi, I have received these unsolicited texts. Would I be able to check login attempts on my account?

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