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
    2020-06-11T04:43:04+00:00

    I have gotten 2 of the emails. 11 days apart, both in the 2-3 am time range. No recent log in attempts in the logs. I have it set to send a text message if my password or any securty information is changed.

    ive logged in to check like the instant i got the email. Logs only shows me logging in.

    would like microsoft to say something about what is going on.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-06-10T16:53:41+00:00

    When I do receive the email with the code, which appears to be legit, I check my security settings and look at the login history. So far it's been quiet other than when I log in. I would think that trying to reset a password would trigger the 2-Factor or at least the authentication app?

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-06-10T16:16:39+00:00

    Would love to hear more from Microsoft about this issue. The emails feel like a phishing scheme the way they show up unsolicited. I have NOT clicked on anything in the email fearing it is spoofed and log in via the main microsoft site and changed my password just in case (something quite strong). But then I keep getting these emails. Is my account compromised or not?!?! The funny part is I never use my hotmail account anyhow. I check it once a year at most and it has many thousands of unread emails. I only keep it because microsoft used to require you to use their inferior email system instead of gmail/etc.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-06-10T15:23:42+00:00

    I too have been getting some of these emails. I've made sure that 2-Factor is set and I changed my password after the first email that I received. I've checked my security settings and don't see any attempts at logging in. Weird...

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-06-10T14:53:11+00:00

    Yup same here. Getting these since last week.

    I am searching through my recent activities, but I only see my own sessions.

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