Mort Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I've just received an email, supposedly from Microsoft, giving details of their new terms and conditions, with links to click on in order to read them. It looked genuine and plausible, but I suspect that it's not as Microsoft don't have my email address AFAIK. I've deleted it of course, and thought I'd put up a caution email in case anyone else on here gets it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frying Pan Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I've had that as well. Not sure it's dodgy or not. They certainly do have my email address, and all the link URLs point to the correct microsoft.com domain, which is usually a giveaway, as links tend to take you to a dodgy site. I'm not really interested in their changes, so am not clicking any links just in case though Edited by - 7heavensoon on 12 Jun 2014 11:44:59 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobyCoulson Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Not seen that yet but had one from BT recently asking me to click a link to sort out the money I owe. I didn't open it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shn7 Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I got the MS one this morning too but couldn't find anything to prove it to be a spoof/scam/virus. Still wasn't going to try the links though. Be interested to know if anyone can prove it one way or the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blokko Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Also got this today. Not sure about the Microsoft.microsoft.com bit. It shows the Microsoft green 'trusted' shield, which should mean that is it kosher, but you never know.... I do have a Microsoft account (I was a fairly early Hotmail user) - so I guess it is the sort of thing they might want to send me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keybaud Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Quoting Mort: I've just received an email, supposedly from Microsoft, giving details of their new terms and conditions, with links to click on in order to read them. It looked genuine and plausible, but I suspect that it's not as Microsoft don't have my email address AFAIK. I've deleted it of course, and thought I'd put up a caution email in case anyone else on here gets it. It's spam. You don't register Windows to an email address. If it's outlook.com, it's probably still spam. :-) I don't even click links in emails I know are real, I go to the URL directly. Edited by - keybaud on 12 Jun 2014 23:58:01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Elizabeth Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 There is a whole bunch of stuff that could mean you have a Microsoft account, MSN, Bing, OneDrive, Office365, Hotmail etc. It isn't just Windows. It is legit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krismuss Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 If you're running Windows 8 & Office 365 (as we are here), it is registered via an email address. I got the email too from microsft, though haven't opened it! 😬 (and ones from lloyds, o2, Barclays - the last of which turned out to be genuine and someone had scammed my card!). Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keybaud Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 /text deleted Edited by - keybaud on 13 Jun 2014 13:28:58 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Felstead Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 This is going around as well, thought it strange they wanted to give me a rebate.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/8362405/HMRC-warns-of-tax-rebate-scam-emails.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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