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Re:Microsoft banned me from playing Minecraft until I provid... by TT-392 on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @10:06AM (#32151628)
I have multiple accounts, which I all transferred to microsoft accounts. They all got this message and had to be unlocked using a phone number. I wouldn't be surprised if they are straight up doing this to get phone numbers.
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Re:Microsoft banned me from playing Minecraft until I provid... by Gigachad on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @07:54PM (#32159523)
I got this message as well on an account I only use to play forza horizon. It’s obviously not some kind of fraud detection and just a way to extract everyone’s phone number.
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