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 The message looks common enough, and it says that money will be charged to your credit card or withdrawn from your bank account for the ...

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A phishing email is an email that appears legitimate but is actually an attempt to get your personal information or steal your money. Some deceptive emails appear to be from a safe sender but, in fact, have a "spoofed" source address to fool you. Here are some ways to deal with phishing and spoofing scams in Outlook.com. Spoof intelligence in Exchange Online Protection helps prevent phishing ...

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Here are the most likely causes for an unrecognized charge: A Microsoft subscription has recurring billing enabled. Someone you know, such as a family member, bought something with your card. You can now investigate this on the Manage your payments page. A previously declined charge was charged again. A pre-order or split order was shipped. Someone made an in-app purchase from an app, game, or ...

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如果我的代码来自其他区域，该怎么办？ 某些数字代码适用于可能与帐户上的区域设置不匹配的特定国家/地区。 如果你的帐户与你的物理区域匹配，并且你的代码是从你所在地区的零售商处购买的，请确保设备上的区域也与你的物理位置匹配。 若要从 Xbox 主机执行此作，请执行以下作：

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如果您嘗試使用您的 Microsoft 帳戶餘額購買遊戲或附加內容，您的帳戶中可能沒有足夠的資金可支付商品的總額。 例如，如果嘗試購買標價為 9.99 美元的遊戲，而您的 Microsoft 帳戶餘額為 10.00 美元時，該金額會不足以支付稅金，因此您需要加入更多資金支付總餘額。