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The email message below which claims that the recipients' Hotmail or Outlook profile will be blocked in response to a complaint received by the administration, is a phishing scam created to steal Microsoft usernames and passwords. The email message was not sent by Microsoft, but by cyber-criminals, whose intentions are to hijack email accounts and use them for malicious purposes. So, recipients of the same email message are advised to delete it and not to follow the instructions in it.
From: Outlook Security Team ID716XQ@mobi.outlook.comDate: 17 July 2016 at 18:14:15 BSTSubject: Complaint ID6097590Outlook Security IssueYour profile will be blocked in response to a complaint received by the administration 17/07/2016According to provision 13.3 of Terms, Hotmail.com may at any time, terminate its Services for account.You can refute the statement, by following this link:Click HereIf this complaint has not been rejected for 2 days, your mail account will be blocked.Complaint ID: 6097590.© 2016 Outlook. All Rights Reserved
From: Outlook Security Team ID716XQ@mobi.outlook.comDate: 17 July 2016 at 18:14:15 BSTSubject: Complaint ID6097590
Outlook Security Issue
Your profile will be blocked in response to a complaint received by the administration 17/07/2016
According to provision 13.3 of Terms, Hotmail.com may at any time, terminate its Services for account.
You can refute the statement, by following this link:
Click Here
If this complaint has not been rejected for 2 days, your mail account will be blocked.
Complaint ID: 6097590.
© 2016 Outlook. All Rights Reserved
The link in the email message goes to a fake Outlook or Microsoft website, which will attempt to trick the cyber-criminals' potential victims into entering their usernames and passwords on it. If the potential victims enter their Microsoft Outlook, Hotmail, Live usernames and passwords on the fake website, it will be sent to the cyber-criminals behind the email scam, who will use the information to hijack their accounts.
If you have received the same email message, please go directly to your email account instead of clicking on the links in the email message. And, if there is anything wrong with your account, it will be shown to you after signing in. If you were tricked by the phishing email, please change your Microsoft Hotmail/Live/Outlook immediately. If you are unable to, click here to report it to Microsoft.
This scam is similar to the following:
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Here is another scam: "From: Jose Hernandez Alvear Sent: 13 November 2017 08:00 Subject: Outlook Security Issue 04358-3716-27812 Outlook Outlook Security Issue Your profile will be blocked in response to a complaint received by the administration 13/11/2017 According to provision 13.3 of Terms, Hotmail.com may at any time, terminate its Services for account. You can refute the statement, by following this link: Click Here If this complaint has not been rejected for 2 days, your mail account will be blocked. Complaint ID: 67947. © 2017 Outlook. All Rights Reserved"
Received via email: "Hi, I was relieved to find confirmation through a google search that the below is a scam. Although the report was dated 2016 – its still happening in 2017 see below. Keep up the good work and the fight against phishing and technology-based crime. Michelle - - - From: Outlook UK [mailto:sabrina_davies@hotmail.com] Sent: 22 September 2017 13:05 Subject: Outlook Security Issue 14617-7892-73983 Outlook Outlook Security Issue Your profile will be blocked in response to a complaint received by the administration 20/09/2017 According to provision 13.3 of Terms, Hotmail.com may at any time, terminate its Services for account. You can refute the statement, by following this link: Click Here If this complaint has not been rejected for 2 days, your mail account will be blocked. Complaint ID: 66907. © 2017 Outlook. All Rights Reserved"
Just received the following: "Outlook Security Issue Your profile will be blocked in response to a complaint received by the administration 20/09/2017 According to provision 13.3 of Terms, Hotmail.com may at any time, terminate its Services for account. You can refute the statement, by following this link: Click Here If this complaint has not been rejected for 2 days, your mail account will be blocked. Complaint ID: 81884."
Here is another scam: "From: Outlook UK Date: 22 September 2017 at 14:57:32 GMT 3 Subject: Outlook Security Issue 90591-2349-18653 Outlook Outlook Security Issue Your profile will be blocked in response to a complaint received by the administration 20/09/2017 According to provision 13.3 of Terms, Hotmail.com may at any time, terminate its Services for account. You can refute the statement, by following this link: Click Here If this complaint has not been rejected for 2 days, your mail account will be blocked. Complaint ID: 72123. © 2017 Outlook. All Rights Reserved"
Here is another scam: "From: Outlook UK Date: 22 September 2017 at 12:20:46 BST Subject: Outlook Security Issue 33838-4591-03240 Outlook Outlook Security Issue Your profile will be blocked in response to a complaint received by the administration 20/09/2017 According to provision 13.3 of Terms, Hotmail.com may at any time, terminate its Services for account. You can refute the statement, by following this link: Click Here If this complaint has not been rejected for 2 days, your mail account will be blocked. Complaint ID: 10574. © 2017 Outlook. All Rights Reserved"
I just received this and was very worried, THANK YOU! For this information, it's always important to double check!
