Your Microsoft Account Will be Disable Soon

This phishing attempt arrives with the subject "Your Microsoft Account Will be disable Soon". Please delete it or report it with the report message button in Outlook.

How do we know this is phishing:

Hovering the mouse over the link shows that it doesn't go to a Purdue or Microsoft site.

Emails from Purdue IT will not arrive from an individual's account. Looking up the sender shows that the account belongs to a student.

Screenshot of phishing email
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