received a confirmation for a single use code i did not request what do i do now? dated 10.12.24 5:53pm

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Anonymous
2024-10-14T19:52:40+00:00

We received your request for a single-use code to use with your Microsoft account.

Your single-use code is: 908607

If you didn't request this code, you can safely ignore this email. Someone else might have typed your email address by mistake.

Thanks,
The Microsoft account team

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For business

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Anonymous
2024-10-15T07:56:20+00:00

Hello Lisa Murphy3，

Welcome to the Microsoft Community.

I understand that you received an unsolicited CAPTCHA. The following diagram illustrates the possibility of an unsolicited code.

If you just received an unsolicited code out of the blue, the odds are that someone incorrectly entered an address (whose address may be similar to yours) when requesting the code.

Please ignore the email for now and observe if you continue to receive such emails please let me know again.

Best Regards,

Jimmy Wang |Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-03-04T19:03:33+00:00

    I've sorted it with your help, thank you

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-04T19:02:41+00:00

    I've sorted it thank you.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-03-04T18:34:15+00:00

    The "accidental" does not seem valid as I have received this email about six (6) times in less than 24 hr.s. It would appear someone is attempting to hack my account.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-03-04T15:32:28+00:00

    For the past 2 days I received a request for one time passcode .

    The code gets sent to my back-up acct. in g-mail ut its to access my outlook acct.

    This is concerning. Last week I had to change my password for my email address and 2 weeks ago someone hacked my NetFlix account and I had to change the email address .

    Please help

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