A popular tactic of criminals is the "fake order" scam. The way it works is that you get a message, usually in email or text, that appears to be a routine confirmation for an order. Of course, you never ordered whatever product or service it's confirming. The message looks common enough, and it says that money will be charged to your credit card or withdrawn from your bank account for the ...

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Phishing (pronounced: fishing) is an attack that attempts to steal your money, or your identity, by getting you to reveal personal information -- such as credit card numbers, bank information, or passwords -- on websites that pretend to be legitimate. Cybercriminals typically pretend to be reputable companies, friends, or acquaintances in a fake message, which contains a link to a phishing ...

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Want to add a padlock to your email messages? You can use encryption and digital signatures in new Outlook, classic Outlook, and Outlook on the web for work or school accounts to increase the security of messages. Encrypting an email message in Outlook means it's converted from readable plain text into scrambled cipher text. Only the recipient who has the private key that matches the public ...

If you receive the error code 101 while playing Microsoft Solitaire Collection on an iOS device, this might be a networking error.

Learn more about the different ways that you're notified of an Xbox enforcement action and where you can get more info about it.

Applies to: Windows Server 2016 This security update includes fixes and improvements that are a part of the following update: January 13, 2026—KB5073722 (OS Build 14393.8782) The following is a summary of the issues that this update addresses. The bold text within the brackets indicates the item or area of the change we are documenting. [Graphics] Fixed: A stability issue affecting certain ...

Developers have made amazing games and content for the Xbox network. To protect customers and developers, we provide a safe and secure way to make purchases in the Microsoft Store. To maintain this security, Xbox monitors for instances of marketplace theft or solicitation from the Xbox community.

Learn what to do when you receive a NAT type: Unavailable error message on Xbox.