Reply to "Scam Warning"

Eugene's LairMember 10 years

Just received the "Microsoft account security notification" email scam this morning.

The email text was:

Dear [E_Lair],

Your account [notmyemail@address.com] is scheduled to be closed on 4/3/2023 due to account inactivity. Once your account is closed it will be deleted in accordance with the Microsoft Services Agreement.

If you want to keep your account, just sign in between now and 4/3/2023. All your files, data and info will be just as you left them until then.

To learn more, click here.

Thanks,

The Microsoft account team

Apart from the red flag of an odd email address being quoted, it looked fairly convincing, and the link addresses weren't as obviously fake as usual. However a quick Google confirmed it as a scam.

2/2/236:32 AM

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    <li id="{%=id%}Okay_buttonContainer"><a id="{%=id%}Okay" href="javascript:void(0);" class="button success no-margin-bottom h-alert-modal-ok-button" role="button">OK</a><script type="text/javascript">
        (function() {
            function {%=id%}Okay_click(event, data) {
            {%=id%}Popup.hide();
        }
        
                $('#{%=id%}Okay').on('click', {%=id%}Okay_click);
        })();
    </script></li></ul><a href="javascript:void(0);" class="close-reveal-modal" aria-label="Close Modal">&#215;</a><div class="last-modal-focus focus-utility-element" tabindex="0"></div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
        (function() {
            {%=id%}Popup = new SS.Popup.ModalPopup('{%=id%}');
        })();
    </script>

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