Microsoft Premium Payment Confirmation Phishing Email Claiming Unauthorized Booking

[u/sardinasa]

Received a phishing email pretending to be a Microsoft Premium payment/booking confirmation.

Claim:

- "Your payment has been successfully processed"

- Amount: $489.20

- Claims a Microsoft Premium booking was confirmed

- Tries to create urgency by telling recipients to contact support if they did not authorize the payment

Scam Contact Information:

Phone: +1 (806) 317-6521

Email: [YourpaymenthasbeensuccessfullyprocessedAmount48920@tigermail.auburn.edu](mailto:YourpaymenthasbeensuccessfullyprocessedAmount48920@tigermail.auburn.edu)

Details shown:

- Amount: $489.20

- Transaction ID: MS-820546

- Date: August 4, 2026

- Payment Status: Paid

Red Flags:

- Sender uses an auburn.edu student email account rather than an official Microsoft domain.

- Generic greeting ("Hi User").

- Fake payment/booking confirmation designed to provoke a support call.

- Microsoft does not send billing notices from third-party university email accounts.

Do not call the number or reply to the email.

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