My email keeps sending mail to random people

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My email is constantly sending mail to random people by itself. This is clogging up my inbox and worst of all it makes me unable to send legit mail by me because now the system thinks I'm a spammer. I truly worry about the security of my account.

It's still happening, 400+ more as I slept.

The email sending these items: microsoftexchange329e71ec88ae4615bbc36ab6ce41109e @ cuny620 . onmicrosoft . com

Then in my sent items box: I think my email is the one sending them.

My email is constantly sending mail to random people by itself. This is clogging up my inbox and worst of all it makes me unable to send legit mail by me because now the system thinks I'm a spammer. I truly worry about the security of my account.

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If these messages aren't in your Sent folder, they aren't being sent from your account. Spammers are putting your address in the From field. They probably won't use your address for more than a day or two.

Are you really unable to send mail? What message are you getting?

Don

I have posted my question in another forum: 

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/osecurity-osafe/my-email-keeps-sending-mail-to-random-people/ffd516d6-038c-4b07-9098-c90d17659a89?tm=1570253235194

"It's still happening, 400+ more as I slept.

The email sending these items: microsoftexchange329e71ec88ae4615bbc36ab6ce41109e @ cuny620 . onmicrosoft . com

Then in my sent items box: I think my email is the one sending them.

Afterwards, I received this email and I called them up to get help on my issue. The person said that there are 3 log ins on my account other than my own in the United States. The two hackers are in Afghanistan and China she said. Then, she told me that to prove I am the real owner of this account and for her to provide me with absolute ownership of it, I would need to buy a google play card and deposit $150 or something like that. That was a red sign for me and I asked why I would need to even do something like that, she only reassures me that they would send the money back and if I don't feel comfortable then I should just hang up. 99.9% sure I was talking to a scammer because what legitimate support would ask you to do that and so easily give up on you and your problem if you didn't do something like deposit $150.

Maybe I haven't looked hard enough or something, but it's really hard to find microsoft support, I tried on their website and the message I got was to contact an admin. I have no idea how to do that.

Please Help.

Afterwards, I received this email and I called them up to get help on my issue. The person said that there are 3 log ins on my account other than my own in the United States. The two hackers are in Afghanistan and China she said. Then, she told me that to prove I am the real owner of this account and for her to provide me with absolute ownership of it, I would need to buy a google play card and deposit $150 or something like that. That was a red sign for me and I asked why I would need to even do something like that, she only reassures me that they would send the money back and if I don't feel comfortable then I should just hang up. 99.9% sure I was talking to a scammer because what legitimate support would ask you to do that and so easily give up on you and your problem if you didn't do something like deposit $150.

Maybe I haven't looked hard enough or something, but it's really hard to find microsoft support, I tried on their website and the message I got was to contact an admin. I have no idea how to do that.

Please Help.

Afterwards, I received this email and I called them up to get help on my issue. The person said that there are 3 log ins on my account other than my own in the United States. The two hackers are in Afghanistan and China she said. Then, she told me that to prove I am the real owner of this account and for her to provide me with absolute ownership of it, I would need to buy a google play card and deposit $150 or something like that. That was a red sign for me and I asked why I would need to even do something like that, she only reassures me that they would send the money back and if I don't feel comfortable then I should just hang up. 99.9% sure I was talking to a scammer because what legitimate support would ask you to do that and so easily give up on you and your problem if you didn't do something like deposit $150.

Maybe I haven't looked hard enough or something, but it's really hard to find microsoft support, I tried on their website and the message I got was to contact an admin. I have no idea how to do that.

Please Help.

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No. Do not deal with those people. They're scammers who posted spam to this thread.

Don