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

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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
    2025-04-07T13:35:07+00:00

    I have had daily emails concerning single use

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-04-07T12:41:45+00:00

    Hi Lisa,

    If you have the ability to edit or delete that post, you should do so immediately.

    Those single use codes rotate periodically and will come up again for the same account.

    So if you post the code publicly, a bad actor can keep trying to access your account until that number comes up again.

    Holy ****, is that true? That seems like a terrible security issue if they repeat!

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-04-07T12:30:49+00:00

    Hi Lisa

    Thanks a lot for your prmpt reply

    Is there any action that i should do at this stage as somebody apparently try to get into our account ?, thx

    Br

    Michael Pieters

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-04-06T19:46:45+00:00

    I have received multiple emails with a single use code over the past several days that were not requested. What do you suggest I do?

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