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Scammers are abusing an internal Microsoft account to send spam links

ID: 8737c7c6-3b4f-590e-9e62-b9f447a71f6e

STIX ID: report--8737c7c6-3b4f-590e-9e62-b9f447a71f6e

Feed Name: TechCrunch Security News

Threat Score
50/100

Date Published: 2026-05-21

Date Updated: 2026-05-22

Author: Zack Whittaker

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Scammers have been abusing a Microsoft account-notification address ([email protected]) for months by creating new Microsoft accounts and sending phishing/spam emails that mimic legitimate alerts; anti-spam group Spamhaus flagged the activity and Microsoft has not yet publicly mitigated the issue.

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