Your verification code is:

enfield_freddy

sat in the armchair reading the paper , beep on the phone (txt message) and an in coming call


"Your Microsoft verification code is xxxx


txt was from +447781470659 phone number marked as unknown.


don,t use any (or very few) microsoft products , don,t use live or any game c&ap ,


genuine or false?

Geodark

Could be legit, was it just the code or were you prompted to try and login with a dodgy link or anything?

enfield_freddy

just the code , no loggin details given , just googled the number , seems a number used by


Evernote.com
Linkedin.com
Google.co.uk / Google.com (including Gmail and Google Calender)
Ebay.co.uk/ Ebay.com
Blizzard.com
Flippa.com
Yahoo.com
Microsoft.com (including XBox)
Battle.net




only one on that list I use is google

mac.d

You might have an old account set up with Microsoft and someone is trying to access it? In which case it might be worth trying to find the details for any old accounts you have with Microsoft and logging in and closing them.

Unlikely to be legit in any way because you would have recently logged into or set up an account with Microsoft and be expecting this second part of a two-part verification.

tavernman

It could be someone who has put in their phone number in wrongly for two stage verification

enfield_freddy

thanks , thinking deeply , no previous Microsoft accounts , so I will put it down to a miss dialled call


cheers

John_Gray

Are you of any interest to GCHQ?!

enfield_freddy

there were some clicks when I picked the phone up earlier

cookie365

tavernman wrote: »

It could be someone who has put in their phone number in wrongly for two stage verification

Almost certainly this.

Big_Graeme

Do you use Windows 8(.1)? It is a way of adding your account to a new computer. If you didn't do this then change your password.

Ralph-y

was it a POPLA code ?

:rotfl:

sorry

Ralph