Single Use Codes - repeated email request notifications

Anonymous
2024-02-29T22:22:56+00:00

Why do I keep getting these messages in my email:

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

Your single-use code is: 123456 [I changed this]

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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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-09T14:27:05+00:00

    Thanks for the link to see the almost daily attempts to get into my e-mail. What more can Microsoft do about this?

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-08T10:27:51+00:00

    Thank you. Brilliant!

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-08T01:44:13+00:00

    This happens to me quite frequently. My recovery email address is guessed and a single use code is generated. I rely heavily on my Microsoft account and have become increasingly concerned that it could be compromised. This is happening because my full name and email address is out there on lists from when online businesses were hacked. Check your email address with haveibeenpwned.com. Hackers can then look up your name online (e.g. LinkedIn) and look for clues to guess your recovery email address (since the beginning letters are shown as a clue). The main way around this is to change your recovery email address to one that is unknowable. It's annoying, but I will finally be doing this today.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-03T19:18:41+00:00

    Same issue here, please fix!

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-10-19T04:20:37+00:00

    As you all see, even this was posted under anseres.microsoft.com there are no microsoft replies.

    the suggestions give:

    • go to the Recent activity page. (for what? I already know there are login attempts from abroad).
    • strengthen your account security (we already did that, this is redundant, since we already use single-use code. it is right there in the original)

    all useless.

    have received many of those, even with emails that have no ms accounts.

    ("We couldn't find an account with that username." once I entered the email address listed in that original email..)

    Conclusion:

    • Microsoft does not care
    • pushes responsibility on the end user.

    MS needs to block and close those accounts that are attacked.

    Provide users with new replacement accounts, or have a one-use accounts (like those single-use credit card numbers)..

    Of course, MS will not close the accounts, since they need you to serve you adds, sell goods, services, games.. through those.

    what can be done:

    • close those "attacked" accounts.
    • do not use MS if you do not have to. (but we all have to.. (office, steam, even new windows).
    • do create new accounts on regural basis for one-or-two years use. then dump and create a new one.

    most likely your account t is in the email dumps: (check: https://haveibeenpwned.com/)

    No need to complain (and ask for help) from MS.

    No need to seek advise of independent advisors (they are here to provide MS vision of things).

    No need to read my reply either.

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