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Topic: Advice wanted - is aka.ms/alcs a scam site

I had a text message that said that my email address xxx*@xyz was changed to xxxb@xyz, if I did not want that I should go to www dot aka dot ms/alcs. It purports to be a microsoft site.

Looking it up on line, I get the impression it is a real microsoft site, but I am loth to pursue the link.

I may add that my normal email address, xxxc@xyz works, and Outlook accepts emails from and sends to xxxb@xyz.

I believe the revised version xxxb@xyz is the mail for a microsoft account, and this of no significance in normal email operation.

I also believe that the xxx* address was made trying to access my MS account some while ago.

I would appreciate any comments on this.

  • Alfred
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Re: Advice wanted - is aka.ms/alcs a scam site

It may be genuine or it may not. I think the answer is: proceed with caution!

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/win … ec27e679b8

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/s … ty-emails/

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Re: Advice wanted - is aka.ms/alcs a scam site

An expert on the talktalk community forum advises that it is a scam site, for your information.

I found your first  link myself, so I had read the advice there.  However, while it did say "be careful", it didn't say how to check. There were other links that led to statements that it was a valid MS site.

Thanks, anyway. I'll assume it was a scam, and even if it wasn't, I should not have a problem.

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Re: Advice wanted - is aka.ms/alcs a scam site

Thanks for the update, Jack. For what little it’s worth, I think I would have made the same decision.

"I am ignorant of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance, and therein lies my honour and my reward.”
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Re: Advice wanted - is aka.ms/alcs a scam site

No, Alfred, it's worth a lot......