Windows 10: i got the pop up- Microsoft account needs attention. Is it safe or scam? Please assisst

I am using windows 10 and suddenly got a Pop up- "Microsoft account needs attention Probably password change".I immediately clicked and settings got opened and then it asked me to confirm my account by My Pin and as i entered it, the dialogue box disappeared. Can anyone please tell me that was it safe and normal OR i just got scammed and my pc pin is in the wrong hands????full details:notification: Microsoft Account needs attentionProbably Password Changethen shared experiencesSettings opened, there was this line-attention requiredthen after entering password for confirmi

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Scam?

No, that's not a Microsoft phone number.

All these kind of pop-ups/alerts are fake warnings - scams. Never ever call these numbers.

Please read:

• Beware of Phony Tech Support Scams
• https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com...-persist-with-increasingly-crafty-techniques/

• Avoiding technical support scams
• Tech Support Scams – Help & Resource Page
• Best Practices for Safe Computing - Prevention of Malware Infection

In case you keep on getting these fake alerts:

Follow the steps provided here: Remove Tech Support Scam pop-up (Call For Support Scam)

You might want to report this to Microsoft (but you don't have to):
http://support.microsoft.com/reportascam

and you might want to watch:

Fake Tech Support Scams – video from the MS Digital Crimes Unit

 

Microsoft account security confirmation - is this a scam?

My friend just got 2 e-mails purporting to be from Microsoft Account Team.

The first one says her Microsoft account has been renamed. The renaming takes her current gmail address and changes 1 character in it.

The email then says:

If this is correct, you don't need to do anything.

If this is incorrect, please follow these steps:
1. Reset your password by going to Reset your password
2. Rename your account by going to https://account.live.com/

Thanks,
The Microsoft account team

The second email is titled Verify Your Email Address.

There is a link to verify her current (i.e. UNchanged gmail address) and she is told she may be asked to enter a security code. There is also a link to click if she didn't make the request to verify the account.

She DOES NOT have a Microsoft account to her knowledge.

Has anyone else encountered this, which is presumably a scam?

 

Possible virus or scam

As already mentioned:

All these kind of pop-ups/alerts are fake warnings - scams. Never ever call these numbers.

Please read:
Beware of Phony Tech Support Scams

Normally you just close your browser:
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2014/11/psa-tech-support-scams-pop-ups-on-the-rise/

8 Ways to Open Windows Task Manager - wikiHow

You might want to run a quick scan with your Anti-Virus program.

In case you keep on getting these fake alerts:

Follow the steps provided here: Remove Tech Support Scam pop-up (Call For Support Scam)

Suggestion to read:

• Scam Pop-Ups: What You Need to Know

• Avoiding technical support scams
• Tech Support Scams – Help & Resource Page
• Best Practices for Safe Computing - Prevention of Malware Infection

You might want to report this to Microsoft (but you don't have to):
http://support.microsoft.com/reportascam

and you might want to watch:

Fake Tech Support Scams – video from the MS Digital Crimes Unit