Hi, Here is a warning for all Outlook.com users who may receive a message stating it's from Outlook. This is not a real Microsoft message but probably a phishing attempt as the address that looks fairly authentic goes to a totally different URL. What gives it away except for the weird email address is the fact that in the email are links for "Boxing Week Blowout" and "Save 60% on reclining sofas" etc. Microsoft of course would never have anything like that in an email. What makes it worse on the other hand is the fact that Microsoft is going through such an upgrade and is sending out real messages asking to follow some steps, but the thing is that these involve actual Outlook settings and the real email does not have any links asking you to click somewhere and log in.
When you first come across it in the Inbox it looks like this: outlookteam.e-mail.msg.22784.server2278442...@aspiriant.com Outlook Group - New Message (ID: 22L3) Mon 1/23/2017 9:48 AM 46 KB Here is what the actual email looks like. Note that I have put some spaces in the URL's and wrote the .com as "dot com" which prevents these being actual links: Hotmail upgrading e-mail account - siegh...@live.ca We have recently upgraded all our customer e-mail addresses to the new Outlook.com. Due to this your Hotmail e-mail account needs to be re-activated. You can do this by just simply logging in on the link below: Here it first shows a link for "Boxing Week Blowout" The underlying link is: https colon// save.thebrick dot com /pub/cc?_ri_=X0Gzc2X%3DYQpglLjHJlYQGh1kYzcoUBhSoGbk8Lij8bR5SqFzde9GO1pTDBizcef6BJ9Ozb2ymPhVXtpKX % 3DSUADDRY&_ei_ = EgutRvnodQCJBAqljZfbvoo. Then it has the link which looks reasonably authentic: https colon// logins.live dot com /activate-user-outlook/User-id-confirmation-2278FGU.wsignin1.login The actual link the above will go to is this: http colon// xinlexiangmi dot com slash aaq2/index . html If your e-mail account is not activated within 2 working days it may expire. This is a compulsory process that affects all our customers. Thank you for your support, The Microsoft Security team 2017 At the end are 3 more links to "save on" bluetooth speakers, bluetooth headphones and 60% off reclining sofas which all go to some weird URL as well. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
