I need to upgrade from microsoft?
I got an email today supposedly from Microsoft telling me I had to click on the link to upgrade, I am normally very good spotting spam paypal etc and report them always, but they could not help with this one as paypal is not mentioned, I put in a search and found something similar that was spam then someone can you please advise me how to tell if something like this is authentic? Thanks x
Hello PooshKat,
First of all the email you received refers to Microsoft. Microsoft is a company not a product. The email informs you to upgrade from Microsoft, and not a particular product, e.g., Windows, Windows Live, Outlook etc. Alarm bells start ringing right on the first sentence.
While Satya Nadell is the CEO of Microsoft, he won't go around sending e-mails to customers. Overall I've been an MVP for 13 years and I never got an email from Satya Nadell, Steve Bullimer or Bill Gates.
Finally, the link in the email points to Micropix.net/includes/conf.html. While Microspix is it has nothing to do with Microsoft and the link leads to a site called "artekteknikhirdavat", which displays a fake Outlook page that requires you to sign. When signing into spammers have access to your outlook e-mail account.
On no account, click on the link. Just delete the email.
This forum post is my own opinion and does not necessarily reflect the opinion or the opinion of Microsoft, its employees or other MVPS.
John Barnett MVP: Windows XP Expert associated with: Windows Expert - consumer: www.winuser.co.uk | vistasupport.mvps.org | xphelpandsupport.mvps.org | www.silversurfer-Guide.com
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