Microsoft account unusual sign-in activity email, -----> Is this phishing?

Anonymous
2021-12-17T17:27:28+00:00

Is this legit?

If so, what should I look for and do?

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-07-10T00:51:59+00:00

    MARY HAN YOU ARE WRONG THIS IS A SERIOUS PHISHING SCAM

    AND WORST YOU DO NOT KNOW IT, AND YOU WORK FOR MICROSFT

    PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR SENIOR SECURITY TEAM

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-04-03T19:11:07+00:00

    I get this email all the time in my junkmail--or at least once or twice a week--usually from Moscow, allegedly. The one time I reported the incident lots of weird spam started appearing in my inbox--my inbox doesn't get email from any one I don't know, so that's how I knew it was a spoof or scam. I changed my password and looked at my account activity but there was nothing there that was alarming.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-03-28T18:40:40+00:00

    I don't know what the legitimate email address is from Microsoft for these notifications. I can say that my father-in-law has been experiencing the same issue with a lot of these mails and they are going into his Junk folder. He has been checking for actual unusual activity as well and finding none. (Yay.) The most recent of these suspicious emails have no sender or reply address (which suggests it could be from the mail system) rather than some address that looks phishy. However, the big clue that remains is the URL of the "Report The User" button. In at least one of the emails the URL mailto address was "googlemail.com", which is obvious attempt to be close to "gmail.com".

    It doesn't hurt to check accounts for suspicious activity during these times, but the mails with a questionable URL are phishing.

    Good luck everyone!

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-01-16T17:01:12+00:00

    Yep, the reply-to address looks legit, but the links in the e-mail do not. Also, if it was actually FROM Microsoft, it wouldn't go to the Junk folder.

    Report it as phishing and don't click on any of the the links in the email.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-04-04T14:14:12+00:00

    I received the same type of email this morning.  I did NOT click on any links.  

    The email address appears to be a legitimate Microsoft email but when I check my recent activity, there is no such attempted login. 

    I can only assume that the Microsoft address from where the email originates has been spoofed. I'll report the email to Hotmail and include the message headers.

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