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

Hi Mary Han -

Not trying to be impertinent here, but how can you say with such certainty that this is a 'legitimate Microsoft Account notification' when so many others (including myself) have received identical emails, only citing 'Moscow, Russia,' and no one has found any unusual activity in their accounts, certainly none from Russia or India?

Mel Jenkins

Me also. I have changed my password, and added two step security. The messages are coming into my in box and into my back up email When I informed microsoft that THIS IS NOT ME I get a message saying site unavailable. All the activity is coming from the US Redmond Washington with similar but not exactly the same VPN.

Definitely phishing. My rule of thumb is that I never click on links even if I'm absolutely positive it's from the actual site, if it can affect any account, I got to the address bar and log in or call the company.

I got such message and when I checked the site recommended:

See when and where you've used your account (live.com)

there was no such sign-in so mine seems to have been a phishing scam.

Just FYI,

Phil K.

Same here. I think this is spoofing... It would be a good measure of protection to log into our account and update your password and add multifactor authentication.

Microsoft account          

Unusual sign-in activity 

We detected something unusual about a recent sign-in to the Microsoft account XXXXXXXXX@XXX**** <mailto:******@googlemail.com?Subject=Report+The+User> .      

Sign-in details   

Country/region: Russia/Moscow              

IP address: 103.225.77.255         

Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 20:04:32 +0000

Platform: Windows 10   

Browser: Firefox              

A user from Russia/Moscow just logged into your account from a new device, If this wasn't you, please report the user. If this was you, we'll trust similar activity in the future.           

Report The User <mailto:******@googlemail.com?subject=unusual sign-in activity&body=Report The User>               

To opt out or change where you receive security notifications, click here <mailto:******@googlemail.com?Subject=Unsubscribe+me> .              

Thanks,

The Microsoft account team       

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Microsoft account          

Unusual sign-in activity 

We detected something unusual about a recent sign-in to the Microsoft account XXXXXXXXX@XXX**** <mailto:******@googlemail.com?Subject=Report+The+User> .      

Sign-in details   

Country/region: Russia/Moscow              

IP address: 103.225.77.255         

Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 19:11:16 +0000             

Platform: Windows 10   

Browser: Firefox              

A user from Russia/Moscow just logged into your account from a new device, If this wasn't you, please report the user. If this was you, we'll trust similar activity in the future.           

Report The User <mailto:******@googlemail.com?subject=unusual sign-in activity&body=Report The User>               

To opt out or change where you receive security notifications, click here <mailto:******@googlemail.com?Subject=Unsubscribe+me> .              

Thanks,

The Microsoft account team       

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