Outlook Setup Notification

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Is anyone else getting hammered with these scam/spam messages?

The title is "Outlook Setup Notification" and the apparent sender is "microsoft outlook support". They contain an attachment, "open.html".

I'm getting about a dozen of these an hour.

Another variation is "MYDOMAINNAME account notification" from "MYDOMAINNAME support" with the same attachment. Those are slightly less frequent.

I've received these from time to time in the past, but today it's been relentless.
  • Profile picture of the author ThomM
    I haven't received any in a while, but last month I got hammered.
    I don't use outlook and my domains are with godaddy so they all got deleted without a second look.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dan C. Rinnert
      Originally Posted by ThomM View Post

      I haven't received any in a while, but last month I got hammered.
      I don't use outlook and my domains are with godaddy so they all got deleted without a second look.
      I don't use Outlook either. And, since I'm the administrator for my mail server, I would know if I were sending out account notifications.

      They're trying really really hard. The latest wave has been eMails masquerading as porn links. They still have the "open.html" attachment, but now the message is to open the attached file to watch a porn video.

      I guess I'm going to have to set up some new "honeypot" eMail addresses and spread those around to get picked up by these guys.
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