Windows 10: I received a security alert for an account I don’t have. Is this spam?

I received a legitimate Microsoft email for an account I never made. It doesn’t show me the entire supposed email associated with the account that someone accessed. I logged into my main account using the email that the security alert went to and it did not show suspicious sign on activity. I’m so confused. The email was legit from Microsoft, but the account that was hacked into was not one I was aware of. I can’t seem to contact support. How can I remedy this?

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Lots Of Daily Spam Emails

I also use Hotmail and have been inundated with Spam emails since day 1.
Last year I joined Windows 10 Insider and created a Microsoft account using Hotmail to do so.
Along the way I was notified that my original Hotmail account would be updated as part of their process and that did happen.
This Aug I had 200 Spam emails in my Hotmail account, 0 between 2 Yahoo email accounts.
This Sep I had “only” 71 Spam emails in my Hotmail account, 0 between both Yahoo email accounts.
Between last year and this Aug, I have no idea how many Spam emails were being received in Hotmail; all I recall is frustratingly emptying the Junk Email folder.
I never responded to any of them and just about every topic that can be included in Spam emails were brought up. Eventually I found out it’s supposed to be possible to block them in my Manage My Microsoft Account where I can View My Inbox; it didn’t help.
I asked for help in the Microsoft Community; they wanted to be helpful but were not successful in providing a resolution.
Unfortunately even though I wanted to participate in the Windows 10 Insider Program I didn’t. I paid attention to it and it has done me very well but I did not want to create a mailing list in my Microsoft account.
I don’t expect a resolution to the Spam emails but wanted to share my story.

 

Outlook sync fails after receiving SharePoint list alerts

When I receive an alert email generated by an event in a SharePoint 2007 list, subsequent Outlook synchronisations fail with an error message.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open Outlook on the WP7, hit sync and ensure email is described as up-to-date.

2. Navigate to a SharePoint 2007 list and select the Alert Me option from the Actions menu. Set up an alert to be sent to your email account.

3. Make a change to an item in the list and await the event notification to be sent and then to sync to the phone.

4. Once arrived, hit the Synchronise option on the WP7 menu. The email sync will fail with an error message. No further emails will be received.

5. Tap the alert email in the Outlook list and delete the alert email.

6. Hit the synchronise option and observe that the synchronisation succeeds.



This behaviour observed on Samsumg Omnia 7 and HTC Mozart, running retail versions of the software. Carrier - Orange UK.



Richard Garner

 

Security Alert

Hi

Yesterday, I received a Security alert email (in my hotmail and gmail accounts) and proceeded to change my password.

I have just realised that I should have checked up this first. I would like to inquire if this was a genuine security alert or was this an attempt to sell the app for the two phase authentification.

If this was a genuine security alert, can I find out who was trying to access my account and from where or why? I also received the alert in my gmail account which caused me to not worry too much about it but I have since decided to lodge a query anyway.

I have sent the email to *** Email address is removed for privacy *** but am not sur eif thsi email is teh correct one to use for thsi query.

Regards

Rene'