Phishing Email from my own account

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Anonymous
2024-05-18T17:00:07+00:00

I got below mail from my own email address. How's that possible with outlook.com ? Anybody got similar mail from their own email address ?

Hi there!</br>
</br>
I am a professional hacker and have successfully managed to hack your operating system.</br>
Currently I have gained full access to your account. </br>
</br>
In addition, I was secretly monitoring all your activities and watching you for several months. </br>
The thing is your computer was infected with harmful spyware due to the fact that you had visited a website with porn content previously. ╭ ᑎ ╮</br>
</br>
******>
</br>
Good luck!

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-05-20T03:46:46+00:00

    Dear ArunYogi

    Thank you for posting in the Microsoft Community!

    I understand that you have received a hacked email from yourself.

    I recommend that you immediately disconnect your computer from the Internet and try to log in to your Microsoft account on another device that is in a secure environment, as it is likely that your computer has been infected by a hacker programme. If you are able to log in successfully on another device, you should immediately turn on your Microsoft account's two-step verification system, which greatly improves the security of your Microsoft account. If your password has been tampered with, please click [Forgot Password] on the login screen to see if your account security information has also been changed (Note: If your security information is accessible, please be sure to change your password in a secure network environment). If both your password and account security information have been changed, you can only try to find Microsoft's online technical support and ask them for a more professional solution. Click on this link Contact - Microsoft Support  And follow these steps to find them.

    1. First enter your question into the search, then click "Sign in to contact support" at the bottom of the page.
    2. Currently logged in to another valid Micorsoft account.
    3. Under "Products and Services", select "Other Products".
    4. Under Categories, select Manage Account Security, and then click Confirm.
    5. Click Chat with Support Agent in Web Browser.

    After your computer has been disconnected from the Internet, please use antivirus software to carry out virus checking. If your computer still shows signs of virus infection after the antivirus process, please contact a professional third-party Internet security company for assistance.

    Finally, it is recommended that you reduce your visits to dangerous websites in order to reduce the risk of your computer being infected by malicious levels.

    I hope that my reply has been helpful to you! If you have any other questions, reply to me at the bottom of this post at any time!

    I wish you all the best

    Carmid.C-MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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  2. Hal Hostetler MVP-Outlook 11,491 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-05-20T04:26:59+00:00

    The simplest explanation to this is that your email address has been spoofed. Email spoofing is the creation of email messages with a forged sender address, and it is exceedingly common. More Info:

    Email spoofing

    What is email spoofing?

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-20T04:54:54+00:00

    This email is not used by me. I get only reading materials in this mailbox. I Have disconnected the laptop and have ran Antivirus scan, so far none is detected. 2FA Auth is enabled for my mailbox. For each login, i have to approve it from mobile, which haven't happened till I logged in from another device. Have removed all managed devices under my login for sure. Have checked the content of mail, the same event with exact same mail content (except the amount and wallet address), has been reported by many people in this forum itself. Further, when I checked the message source of the mail, I see the person has mimic by email address, message source is given below. Its clear, that its email spoofing, originated from IP 102.67.201.243 (SPF soft fail). The mail doesn't has any link and i didnt click any link from it. I want to know

    how this mail not identified as spam by outlook ?
    what are the damages the person can do ?
    how to prevent it for my personal mail box ?

    Message-ID: <*********@hotmail.com> To: Subject: Your personal data has leaked due to suspected harmful activities. 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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-29T08:22:00+00:00

    I got this scam email today also. I don't understand Spoofing and how the sender can match my own email address to the point that when I reply to the sender it appears in my own inbox. I'd never seen this before and it kinda made the threat credible to me so I factory reset my PC. I don't understand how Microsoft can't fix this. You've added about 10 screens of Ads to installing Windows but preventing my email address appearing as the sender in a scam is beyond you? I'm disappointed.

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  5. Hal Hostetler MVP-Outlook 11,491 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-05-29T19:23:05+00:00

    Email spoofing is the creation of email messages with a forged sender address, and it is exceedingly common. More Info:

    Email spoofing

    What is email spoofing?

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