Adding to Callander regarding storage and that they will delete my photos

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Adding to Callander regarding storage and that they will delete my photos

Iona 0

I keep getting stuff saying we have blocked your account added to my calendar. Saying that they will delete my photos which includes the email [PII] I’m so confused

is this a scam or something I should be worried about as I have no idea why I’ve been blocked

Iona 0 Reputation points

2026-08-06T22:20:15.59+00:00

I can’t remove it from my calendar

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Iona 0 Reputation points

2026-08-06T22:20:15.59+00:00

I can’t remove it from my calendar

Answer 1

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Hi

Please reply and confirm:

Whether the item shows a Delete option.
Whether it only shows a Decline option.
Whether there is no removal option at all.
Whether it appears in Outlook.com Calendar on the web or only on your phone’s calendar app.

Please follow these steps:

1) Do not click anything in the calendar item

Do not open links, call phone numbers, download attachments, or reply to the invite.

2) Check your Microsoft account directly, not through the calendar message

Open your browser and go directly to your Microsoft account security page. Review your recent sign-in activity and choose This wasn’t me if you see activity you do not recognize.

3) Remove it from Outlook.com on the web

Go to Outlook.com Calendar, open the suspicious event, and try Delete or Decline.

If you are offered an option not to send a response, choose that option so the sender does not receive confirmation that your address is active.

4) Check if it is coming from an added calendar

In Outlook.com Calendar, check the calendar list on the left side. If you see an unknown calendar, subscription, or shared calendar:

Open its menu.
Choose Remove, Unsubscribe, or a similar option.
Check whether the suspicious event disappears.

This is especially important if the event keeps returning after you delete it.

5) Turn off automatic events from email

In Outlook.com, go to: Settings > Calendar > Events from email

Then change the event options so they only show in email, or disable adding them to your calendar.

6) Report the related email as phishing, if you can find it

In Outlook.com Mail, search for the related invite or message. If you find it:

Select the message.
Choose Report.
Select Report phishing or Report junk.

Please tell me how it goes. If the problem persists, please don’t hesitate to reply to this thread and I will be happy to help. Have a lovely day!

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Alice-N 13,250 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-08-08T06:44:34.7+00:00

Hi

Have you had an opportunity to review the answer shared earlier?

Any update you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 2

Yes — this is very likely a scam or phishing attempt.

The main red flags are:

Threatening language such as “we have blocked your account” and “they will delete my photos.”
A suspicious sender/domain that does not match the genuine Microsoft OneDrive mail domains listed by Microsoft.
The message being added to a calendar item, which scammers sometimes use to get attention.

What Microsoft says about real OneDrive deletion warnings:

Real file-erasure warnings are tied to personal OneDrive when the account has been inactive for two years or the storage limit has been exceeded.
Genuine Microsoft communications for this scenario come from these domains:
- @mail.onedrive.com
- @notificationmail.microsoft.com
- @infomail.microsoft.com
If unsure, do not use links in the message. Instead, sign in directly to https://onedrive.com and check the account status there.

What to do now:

Do not click links or open attachments in the calendar item or related email.
Do not enable content in any attached Office file. Microsoft warns this can be malicious.
Check OneDrive directly by signing in at https://onedrive.com. If the account is actually blocked, frozen, over quota, or scheduled for deletion, that status will appear there.
If the message looks suspicious, report it as phishing. Microsoft says suspicious phishing messages can be sent as an attachment to ******@office365.microsoft.com.
If the item is only in the calendar and not reflected in the actual OneDrive account status, delete the calendar item.

When it would be real:

A real OneDrive warning can happen if the account has not been used for two years.
A real OneDrive frozen state can also happen if storage has been exceeded for a long time.
In those cases, Microsoft says files are managed through the actual OneDrive account status, not by trusting a random calendar message.

If the account really were affected, the safe action is to sign in directly and reactivate it before the date shown, or get back under the storage quota.