--- title: "Office 365 Phishing Email Examples | DuoCircle" description: "Join the thousands of organizations that use DuoCircle Find out how affordable it is for your organization today and be pleasantly surprised.Interested in" image: "https://www.duocircle.com/images/og-default.png" canonical: "https://www.duocircle.com/content/office-365-phishing-protection/office-365-phishing-email-example/" --- Content # Office 365 Phishing Email Examples Join the thousands of organizations that use DuoCircle Find out how affordable it is for your organization today and be pleasantly surprised.Interested in [ Talk to an Expert → ](/contact/) [ See what we make ](/products/) ## Office 365 Phishing Email Examples [Phishing Protection - Sign Up](/email/phishing-protection) _Does your organization use Office 365 as your chosen office suite? If so, then you need to be on the lookout for Office 365 phishing email scams._ But it may be difficult to watch out for something when you don’t know how it could potentially look. Here we provide you with some **Office 365 phishing** email examples that are making the rounds with other companies. This will be helpful when it comes to [office 365 phishing protection](/content/office-365-phishing-protection). ![phishing protection](https://media.mailhop.org/duocircle/images/2019/02/fake-email-delivery-failed.png) ### Failure of delivery emails When you try to send an email to either a full or non-existent inbox, you’ll get a non-delivery or failure of delivery email in return. Because _cybercriminals know these are hard for you to ignore, they use this to their advantage._ Many people have reported receiving [fake failure of delivery emails](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/phishing-attack-pretends-to-be-a-office-365-non-delivery-email/). At the time, they clicked on the “send again” link embedded in the email since they believed it to be genuine. _However, once clicked, the link installed malware on their computers._ MORE: [Activate Office 365 ATP Anti-Phishing](/content/office-365-phishing-protection/office-365-atp-anti-phishing) ### Alert for hitting storage limits This [Office 365 phishing](/content/office-365-phishing-protection/office-365-phishing) email also pretends to be from Microsoft. If you use this subscription service often, it’s not hard to believe that you’ve reached your account storage limits. _Scammers send out fake emails notifying you that you must activate “Quota” to resolve your storage issues_. In actuality, “Quota” is malware, just like with the fake non-delivery emails. MORE: [Office 365 Phishing Email 2018 Scams](/content/office-365-phishing-protection/office-365-phishing-email-2018) ![email phishing protection](https://media.mailhop.org/duocircle/images/2019/02/advanced-threat-defense.png)![how to protect your email from phishing](https://media.mailhop.org/duocircle/images/2019/02/preventing-bec.png) ### Requests for reactivation _Office 365 phishing attacks are highly successful because they prey on fear and knee-jerk reactions_. [Spoofed reactivation requests](https://betanews.com/2017/08/30/office-365-phishing/) do precisely that. They tell the recipients that their accounts have been deactivated. In order to reactivate their accounts, they have to use the attached **malicious link**. It leads to a spoofed login site, where their credentials are sent to the cybercriminals responsible for the attack. MORE: [Setup Office 365 Anti-Phishing Policy](/content/office-365-phishing-protection/office-365-anti-phishing-policy) ### PhishPoint scam [This scam](https://redmondmag.com/articles/2018/09/12/office-365-phishing-attacks-sneakier.aspx) circumvents [office 365 advanced threat protection](/content/office-365-phishing-protection/office-365-advanced-threat-protection) security and is more sophisticated than normal **phishing attacks**. This is because it uses the “Trojan horse” method. First, the cybercriminal sends their victim a legitimate file through an Office 365 collaboration tool such as SharePoint. This passes the **digital security check** since it’s an actual SharePoint file. However, scammers hide malicious links inside it. The links take you to spoofed login pages that send your details to them. ![protection from phishing attacks](https://media.mailhop.org/duocircle/images/2019/02/anti-phishing-services.png)![best anti phishing software](https://media.mailhop.org/duocircle/images/2019/02/phishing-protection-advanced.png) ### Keep an eye out for these Office 365 phishing emails Now that you know the common **Office 365 email phishing** examples, you’re better equipped to identify any phishing attacks that come your way. _By sharing this knowledge with your workplace, you can collectively heighten your security_. MORE: [How to Enable Office 365 Phishing Protection](/content/office-365-phishing-protection/enable-office-365-phishing-protection) ##### Join the thousands of organizations that use DuoCircle --- Find out how affordable it is for your organization today and be pleasantly surprised. [Phishing Protection - Sign Up](/email/phishing-protection)Interested in our Partner Program for MSPs and VARs? 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