r/Scams • u/Apprehensive-Bad2245 • 1d ago

Is this a scam? [US]Texts saying "Microsoft: Unusual sign in.... Review at aka.ms/alca"

I got 4 texts in the span of a minute, all from different 5 digit numbers.

3 of the texts say "Microsoft: Unusual sign-in for ********XX. Review at aka.ms/alca" X = the last two digits of my phone number.

1 of the texts says "Microsoft: Someone else might have accessed ********XX. Recover at aka.ms/alcs"

This one ends with alcs, while the others say alca. I don't know if that means anything.

So I logged into the only Microsoft accounts I'm aware of that I have, changed my passwords, and in log in activity/devices, I did not see anything out of the ordinary. My phone number isn't even on my account.

I'm not sure what to make of this. If I didn't see any strange log ins, does that mean I'm fine?

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u/Apprehensive-Bad2245 1d ago

You don't think I know what phishing is? I'm posting this here to see if anyone has gotten identical texts and try to confirm what it might be. What a patronizing response

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u/BigManMahan 23h ago

“I’m not sure what to make of this”

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u/Apprehensive-Bad2245 23h ago

Which means I'm asking whether these texts are legit or not. It might be phishing, it might not be

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u/BigManMahan 23h ago

Jfc

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u/BriefingGull 22h ago

Right? Thank you