Managing personal Outlook.com account settings, security, and privacy
I’m also getting the same email, apmost everyday.
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Hi,
I have been receiving an email about resetting my Microsoft password so far today i received 6 messages with the code to reset. This email has not been open in awhile, however i do have it linked to my phone for easy accessibility to emails. How do i get the emails to stop.
Managing personal Outlook.com account settings, security, and privacy
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I’m also getting the same email, apmost everyday.
Same here! Receiving up to 5 password reset requests per day now. It started last week Monday. I don't understand why they keep on initiating this process. Are they aware which other email accounts or telephone numbers are connected to my outlook.com? Are they monitoring my SMS traffic?
I see that in this question thread, it is suggested I should have a look at my activity but in this view I don't see any of the password reset requests, so how to get more insights about who and what?
Please provide some support.
I'm also having this issue. Clearly something is going on, as at the moment 179 people have had this issue enough to search for a reason why and find this thread, in what? A month?
And that's just the people who are actively looking for answers, who knows how many people this is actually affecting.
If you are concerned about this, create a new alias (Your Info > Manage how you sign in to Microsoft) and set that alias as Primary. Then remove the ability to login from your original alias (Security > More Security Options > Manage sign-in options). From now on, you will need to use your new alias when logging onto Microsoft.
Illicit login attempts are not unusual and they are probably attempting to use credentials leaked from some other service so make sure you don't use the same password you have used elsewhere. Also don't use your primary Microsoft alias/email address as username for other sites. Use another alias that cannot be used for login to avoid getting the dodgy reset messages.
Throwing my hat in here to say this is happening to me too. I have 3 of these in the last 2 days myself. My recent activity only shows me signing in thankfully. Something is definitely up though.