Windows upgrade how do I know its Microsoft account

Sometimes I get emails that say they just upgrade Windows - Microsoft, how do I know that they are really from Microsoft, they ask for my password and other details. I'm worried about scammers

As stipulated in any sort of contract, a company never asks personally identifiable information such as billing, location and most especially to one of your accounts. It's clearly a scam and you would like to report it to the FBI and FTC, which are the two agencies to send suspicious e-mails that you think that you may be fraud or a few threats to security in general. Here is a site that clearly explains the fraud by email and how to report according to your geographical location: http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/reporting.php

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