Microsoft account unusual sign-in activity from Russia

Anonymous
2022-11-18T20:00:25+00:00

I know this question was asked before but the reply was closed and I noticed something important. The email is being sent from Microsoft domain , that means Microsoft domain is hacked already and sending these spams .

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-11-28T23:36:56+00:00

    I wish I knew that it can be spoofed. It was a totally legit Microsoft address. I already replied to the email even though it showed a non Microsoft email this time ,but I trusted the initial sending address. There was no information to be filled just a “report the user” button. Now I get 50 scam emails per day and can’t block or report them because the sending address is jibirich.

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  2. Brian Tillman [Outlook MVP 2007-2019] 25,920 Reputation points
    2022-11-19T02:14:29+00:00

    The Microsoft domain wasn't hacked, just spoofed.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-11-29T20:21:06+00:00

    Thank you Brian for the response. I also have many emails from no-reply@microsoft.com in my Junk folder saying "unusual sign in activity" from russia, and asking me to click links to report this user. I logged into https://account.live.com/activity/  as you suggested as I did not see that suspicious activity on my account activity. Therefore I have deleted those emails without clicking those links. Thank you for your insight.

    David

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-11-18T23:39:50+00:00

    What made me suspect that Microsoft domain is hacked is when I checked the sign in activity I found only one successful sign on which was the current session at the time I checked . It seemed to me that someone deleted all the sign on previous activities.

    I already have all the security measures activated from two way authentication to using alias and can not imagine someone can penetra my account

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-11-29T12:43:49+00:00

    Hi, do you know, how I get rid of all those messages? I clicked the button.... :( And now I am getting 1000 messages pro day...

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