How to deal with a fake email account?

I have an issue where someone hijacked my computer and got into my email account. They took all of the contacts from my email and then set up a fake Hotmail account with the same username. They are emailing all of my contacts with this fake address and asking them to buy some Google Play store cards. How can I alert Hotmail/Microsoft so that they can shut down this address? I have since changed my password and did a malware scan to remove the malware....

Thanks!

Brett

Hi Brett

Thanks for participating in Microsoft Community, I'm Skypper G. I'm Independent advisor, let me help you with this.

Please submit phishing scam emails to Microsoft by sending an email with the scam as an attachment to: *** Email address is removed for privacy ***.

see:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/securi...

Also victims can report this through outlook.com, see:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/how-to...

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Last updated March 13, 2024 Views 81 Applies to: