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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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They probably don’t know your telephone number because if they did they’d be calling you all they have is your email address and they’re trying to get into it
I have the same since mid may twice a day trying to access. this never happened before. the ips are from india Ukraine brazil salt lake city (which is not my location) ect . the fun part is when I tried to add two step verification Microsoft never sent me the code to my second email so I cant have two way authentication activated . frustrating.
Do you have your mobile phone number added to your security settings? They sent me a verification code to my mobile phone so I could sign into my Outlook account.
I assume that those trying to access my account know my tel number otherwise I would not receive the text message. Correct?
Today it became even worse. I am not only getting the password reset emails but since today I also receive sms text messages for onetime access. I hope somebody at Microsoft is investigating what is going on. Based on the amount of replies there really a lot of people affected.
Snap. Checked my sign in attempts and loads of attempts happening (and failing) but have had three password reset email codes in the last 24 hours now
Same thing is happening with me. Been 2 days now. Sick of the password reset mails to my secondary account. The unsuccesful login attempts are from various countries(Malaysia,China,France,Vietnam etc.)