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This email, which was supposedly sent by Microsoft, warns that your Outlook account has been suspended due to a security issue. 

In recent weeks, you may have seen social media messages and blog post warning that support for the Windows 7 operating system is set to end in January 2020.

This email claims that you have won 10 million dollars in the Microsoft Online Lottery Prize and should contact the paying bank for further details.

People all around the world are receiving calls from scammers claiming that they are owed a refund by tech giant Microsoft.

Inboxes are being hit by “Office 365 Update” emails warning that your account is to be closed. The emails supposedly come from the “Microsoft.com Team”.

According to this “verification” email, which purports to be from Microsoft’s Office 365, your email address needs to be updated to the 2020 version.

Keep an eye out for bogus OneDrive emails claiming that someone has shared a secure document with you.

File extensions are hidden by default on Microsoft Windows computers. Unfortunately, this can make it harder to recognise potentially malicious files in email attachments.

According to this email, which purports to be from the Email Security team at Microsoft, your incoming mail is on hold.

According to this message, which purports to be from hotmail.com, your Hotmail account has been suspended and your email address has been removed from the database.