Keep receiving a password reset email.

Anonymous
2020-05-14T17:51:44+00:00

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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-06-12T08:31:38+00:00

    See this is odd. Everyone else is saying they see login attempts, but i do not. I get the reset email but securty page shows no login attemps. 

    I'm in the same situation as you.

    Yea. Its like they dont bother trying to log in. Just hit forgot password, request the email and then try to guess the securty number so they can reset the password.

    or maybe they are using that app on your phone that will make you a code & hoping it will work. 

    Its just odd they dont even try to log in.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-06-12T16:16:50+00:00

    Same. I received one this morning. Immediately checked the Security and login history. Just showed logins from where I'd been checking.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-06-14T00:32:27+00:00

    Just to add to this thread in case anybody at Microsoft is paying attention/cares and is keeping score, I've been receiving multiple password reset emails to my back up account over the last few days. I've changed the passwords to both accounts, but it's pretty disconcerting all the same. There was an unsuccessful sync apparently from Brazil (I'm in the UK), but also aware that IP address locations can be largely meaningless.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-06-15T08:57:07+00:00

    I too have been receiving a ton of password reset token emails on my backup (GMAIL) account. In the past 2 hours alone, i've received 6.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-06-15T09:40:45+00:00

    Same here, getting quite a few per day on my backup as well (GMAIL).

    It would be nice if microsoft allowed us to Whitelist countries as I currently won't be resetting my password (or logging in) from any country apart from where I live.

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