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1 posted on 05/28/2018 7:51:01 AM PDT by pabianice
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This is standard. It’s telling you that your password was changed. If you didn’t change it then someone else did and you have problems to fix.


2 posted on 05/28/2018 7:53:25 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (This article needs a fact checked)
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“The Microsoft account team”
“The Microsoft Help Desk”

Were the calls from either Bombay or Calcutta?


3 posted on 05/28/2018 7:56:37 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.)
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Do not click on any links in the email. If you have a Microsoft account and wish to change your password then go to Microsoft using your own link. It is more than likely that the email you received is an attempt to send you to a phony website and then collect your information.


4 posted on 05/28/2018 7:56:48 AM PDT by Revel
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And now we know your IP address too. Please don’t do that. It looks like it could be legitimate, but without the original, it’s imposible to tell. Call Verizon if in doubt. They shouldn’t have anything to do with your windows login password, so it very well could be a phishing scam too. If you’re instinctively suspicious, you probably are right to concerned.


5 posted on 05/28/2018 7:57:26 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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Do you use that account with some Microsoft product? If not it is a spoof. If you do it could be a real warning that someone changed the password. Always be careful of any links they send you. It could look like a Micrsoft link but it really sends you to passwordtheif.com or the even more subtle mircosoft.com.


9 posted on 05/28/2018 8:00:25 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (I can't tell if we live in an Erostocracy (rule by sex) or an Eristocracy (rule by strife and chaos))
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To: dayglored

Ping. Any ideas on this my FRiend?


10 posted on 05/28/2018 8:00:29 AM PDT by deoetdoctrinae (Donate monthly and end FReepathons.)
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If you ever want to check your Microsoft account, go directly to Microsoft https://account.microsoft.com/security and click “Review Activity”


11 posted on 05/28/2018 8:01:21 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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You can see the IP address in the last (lowermost) “Received” header; that’sthe real sender. You can look it up in a reverse IP resolver. Typical results: Nigeria, Russia, Romania...


18 posted on 05/28/2018 8:41:29 AM PDT by proxy_user
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To: pabianice; Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; amigatec; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ...
Account password-change possible malware ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

Thanks to deoetdoctrinae for the ping!

23 posted on 05/28/2018 11:26:55 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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Concur with lefty-lie-spy - please hit the abuse button and ask the moderators to edit out the IP address. The little bots that surf the web don’t need any help!


25 posted on 05/28/2018 1:16:59 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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