Windows 10: How to Report Fraudulent "Microsoft Account Team" Phishing Email in Mail App

How do we report phishing email purporting to be from Microsoft to Microsoft in Windows 10 Mail app? E.g., forwarding it to [report_ms_phish?@?microsoft.com] email would be easy. Expanding the Junk option might be even better. Note this is not 365 nor Outlook -- just @outlook/@live/@hotmail/@msn/... type accounts using Win10 Mail app. Email text links and most formatting removed from "Microsoft account team":----- Microsoft accountSecurity info was added The following security info was recently added to the Microsoft account *** Email address is removed for privacy ***: • *** Email address is removed for privacy *** If this was you, the

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phishing email

While there are legitimate emails from the Microsoft account team,
email phishing scams using the Microsoft name are very common so you have to be very careful. A
legitimate email address domain from Microsoft is @accountprotection.microsoft.com.

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in the heaading in my emails says Microsoft account team *** Email address is removed for privacy ***

Hello,

As per the description, you are experiencing issue with in the heading of the emails, it says “Microsoft account team”.

I certainly understand your concern.

In order to understand the issue more clearly, I would request you to kindly provide me with the following information.

• 
  Since how long are you experiencing this issue?
  
• 
  When you say “Microsoft account team”, what do you mean by this? Do you see any content in that email?
  

There could be a possibility that this issue might have occurred due to spam issue on the system.

I would suggest you not to reply to that email and also if there is any attachment in that email, please do not open it. If you see any content in that email, it will be a great help if you can provide us with the screenshot
as it will help us in providing you with better assistance.

In order to have a better understanding regarding the issue, I would suggest you to
provide us with the screen shots if possible.
Please refer to the article given below.

How to include a screenshot in your post

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...our-post/2594b08e-32a3-476a-85a6-b021181be7e4

In the meantime, I would suggest you to refer to the articles given below and check if that helps.

Submit spam, non-spam, and phishing scam messages to Microsoft for analysis

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj200769(v=exchg.150).aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

How to report fraudulent e-mail messages that use the Microsoft name and logo

https://blogs.microsoft.com/cybertr...essages-that-use-the-microsoft-name-and-logo/

I hope this information is helpful.

Please do let us know if you need further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

Is an from @e.microsoft.com a true microsoft email or spam?

While there are legitimate emails from the Microsoft account team, email phishing scams using the Microsoft name are very common so you have to be very careful. A
legitimate email address domain from Microsoft is @accountprotection.microsoft.com.

• Can I trust email from the Microsoft account team?
• What happens if there's an unusual sign-in to your Microsoft account
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