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  1. SANDRA VAN AALST1
    sandra van Aalst1 Win User

    URGENT: Spoofing or legitimate email from Microsoft


    I received this email from *** Email address is removed for privacy *** and what to know whether it's legit. They say I need to make a purchase via a link before tomorrow to keep using a "tenant id".Please help.

    :)
     
    sandra van Aalst1, Jun 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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  2. ROB MCMAHON
    Rob Mcmahon Win User

    spoof email

    I received an email supposedly from a contact indicating it was from Joe (not real name). On opening it, it was obvious it was a spoof. Needing to let Joe know about this I realised he wasn't in my "Mail" contacts list, but he was in my Thunderbird contacts
    list. I opened "Thunderbird" and informed him. Whilst I had Thunderbird open I decided to trace the ip route of the original email. That was when I found that Thunderbird had recognised it as a spoof and had sent it straight to my spam folder and had also
    removed the spoofed "from Joe" header in my inbox column, replacing it with the real sender. My questions are why can Thunderbird differentiate a spoof and Mail for windows can't. Was the
    "Fw: for all" in Mail spoofed from my email or Joe's as we are a group, and that is the usual header that only Joe uses?

    Regards Rob
     
    Rob Mcmahon, Jun 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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  3. MARTMCD
    Martmcd Win User
    email from microsoft

    again, email addresses can be spoofed, a legitimate domain in a senders address does not mean the email is legitimate or that it originated from that domain.

    Microsoft.com is a domain owned by Microsoft. e.microsoft.com is a subdomain of Microsoft.com.

    your original question was "is it a legitimate email address?"

    Again, you cannot tell by the sender email address (or the domain) alone.

    a simple 'yes' would be hooey (nonsense)

    a simple 'no' would be hooey (nonsense)

    because if you are not prepared to look at the information in the headers, as suggested, the question cannot be answered.
     
    Martmcd, Jun 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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  4. OILY_17
    oily_17 Win User

    URGENT: Spoofing or legitimate email from Microsoft

    e-bay Spoof Email Alert

    Just a heads up for anyone receiving an email allegedly from eBay.

    I received a spoof email today from "e-bay <member@e-bay.co.uk>" with the subject "eBay System Update: Identity Confirmation"

    If you receive this email delete it immediately and dont click on any links in the mail.You will notice that e-bay is hyphenated and not the proper eBay address.

    This has been confirmed by eBay to be a spoof email.
     
    oily_17, Jun 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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