Got an email offering to fix your Outlook or refund you for the Microsoft outage? It’s probably a scam; here’s how to spot it
Why US users should watch for scams as Microsoft 365 recovery continues: An email promising to restore your Outlook account or refund you for Microsoft’s global outage could cost you more than a missed workday. Scammers may use the disruption to impersonate Microsoft support, send fake password-reset links and offer refunds to users waiting for their email services to return. Microsoft is gradually restoring its services, but the outage has not been fully resolved as of Friday, November 13.
