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Novel campaignThis is a fake Microsoft Copilot/AI Bounty Award scam claiming the recipient has been selected to receive $30,000 for supposedly exposing a security vulnerability. It impersonates Microsoft's legitimate bug bounty programme (MSRC) and uses a fabricated CVE reference number (Ref/CVE-2026-21520) to appear credible. The contact email is a personal Outlook address, which immediately betrays it as fraudulent — Microsoft would never use outlook.com for official bounty payouts.
Indicators of compromise
Domain
outlook.com
Email address
mrrobert.george@outlook.com
Sender name
Mr. Robert GeorgeMicrosoft Copilot / AI Bounty
URL
https://www.google.com/maps/search/One+Microsoft+Way,+Redmond,+WA+98052,+USA
Tags
impersonationbrand spoofingsocial engineeringfinancial fraudlotteryurgent action
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8 views0 confirmedNGAI confidence: 97%5 days ago