villageidiotY2K Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Hi, there I use gmail, but got I below msg from genuine MS. Whyis this the case? As mentions below someone is using my email trying to hack or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0ffshore360 Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 My question is how did Microsoft receive the request for an otp to access your account? And why did they not require some verification before so happily providing an otp? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FritsSikkink Posted May 28 Popular Post Share Posted May 28 38 minutes ago, 0ffshore360 said: why did they not require some verification before so happily providing an otp? They did by sending that mail. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdinbkk Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Someone has attempted to login to your email account and requested a one-time pass code. As they are not already logged into your email, they did not get access to this OTP. It can occur when someone types the wrong username by mistake. For example if your username was [email protected] and you accidently typed [email protected] and requested a OTP, then the actual user [email protected] would receive an OTP, but you would not gain access to his account. If you didn’t request this code, it’s possible that someone else might have typed your email address by mistake. It could also be a sign of someone trying to gain unauthorized access to your account. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 I just put things like that straight into the spam folder. eg read the line above 'Thanks' I try not to use Microsoft products. I never receive messages from them, so I cannot tell if those are real websites or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villageidiotY2K Posted May 28 Author Share Posted May 28 (edited) wabbi Edited May 28 by villageidiotY2K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1DegreeN Posted May 28 Popular Post Share Posted May 28 If you check your Microsoft account manager page (account.live.com), under Security there is an option to "Show Sign-In Activity". For myself, and I think I will be typical, it shows 2 or 3 attempts every hour every day to hack into my account, from all around the world. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 I get several a day. they just get deleted. Its an attempt by a bot probably to hack into your account. As you have a multiple factor authentication activated, the needed one time code gets sent to your phone. If you have any concerns, delete all the messages, then login to your account and change your password. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villageidiotY2K Posted May 28 Author Share Posted May 28 for those that rcv this message as me, u must have visited some naughty video site 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TigerandDog Posted May 28 Popular Post Share Posted May 28 (edited) it's a scam. Ignore it & delete it after you report it as a scam. If you've seen any of the scambaiter videos on YouTube, viz. scammer payback and numerous others you'd know to ignore this email. This is a common trick for scammers to get access to you computer. Also the ONLY way Microsoft would contact you is if you are using Windows and Outlook/Hotmail. If it is your gmail that someone has tried to access, then such an email would come from Google. Edited May 28 by TigerandDog 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian carman Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 You can check the activity on your gmail account via the app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VBF Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 7 hours ago, pdinbkk said: Someone has attempted to login to your email account and requested a one-time pass code. As they are not already logged into your email, they did not get access to this OTP. It can occur when someone types the wrong username by mistake. For example if your username was [email protected] and you accidently typed [email protected] and requested a OTP, then the actual user [email protected] would receive an OTP, but you would not gain access to his account. If you didn’t request this code, it’s possible that someone else might have typed your email address by mistake. It could also be a sign of someone trying to gain unauthorized access to your account. And, critically, YOU, the rightful user have received the OTP, NOT the "someone else" if they exist. As others have said, it's more than likely a SPAM bot. Also, OP, how do you know the message was from "genuine MS"? That "account-security etc" address actually is a genuine MS address but could be spoofed. See this, independent explanation https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/187152/is-account-security-noreplyaccountprotection-microsoft-com-a-legitimate-sende You're not the first, by the way - see https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/all/received-an-email-from-microsoft-account-team/62525205-a491-4a81-88e7-31a2e8e30e43?page=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acharn Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 (edited) 11 hours ago, 0ffshore360 said: My question is how did Microsoft receive the request for an otp to access your account? And why did they not require some verification before so happily providing an otp? This is the request for verification. Somebody tried to log in to his account and had the correct password (or at least one that the operating system recognized). It's called two-stage verification. After they received the log-in they sent a request for verification to him. Since he didn't log in, the one time password (otp) is of no use to him, but the person trying to log in will be unsuccessful, too, because they won't have the otp. The op is confused, though. This can't be about his gmail account, because that's administered by Google. Whatever account this is, he should change his password immediately. Don't you have any accounts with two stage verification? Edited May 28 by Acharn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobU Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 It's not a genuine Microsoft email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyf Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 17 hours ago, villageidiotY2K said: Hi, there I use gmail, but got I below msg from genuine MS. Whyis this the case? As mentions below someone is using my email trying to hack or something? What you haven't said is if you have a MS account or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyf Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 10 hours ago, ian carman said: You can check the activity on your gmail account via the app Nothing to do with gmail, message refers to suspicious activity on an MS account. Genuine security messages from MS would go to the alternative contact address. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian carman Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Sandy f if you look at the OP you will see that he has a gmail account not MS and so therefore MS would not contact him Google would Correct?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyf Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 2 hours ago, ian carman said: Sandy f if you look at the OP you will see that he has a gmail account not MS and so therefore MS would not contact him Google would Correct?? No that is not the case. The message posted by the OP originated from what would appear to be Microsoft security, and that would only happen in respect of a MS account. Microsoft accounts require an alternative contact email address and security messages are sent to that email in case the main account has been hacked. If the OP has no MS account then the message has to have come from a bogus source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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