Message not there on xbox app?

So, the windows 10 notification centre informed me i got a message today from someone who added me out of the blue a few hours before. I click on the notification, only to be take to an empty message box...

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Is there an increase in phishing messages on Xbox Live

Basically, I encountered an Xbox Live message from an account that had all their information set to private and a silver account which sent me a phishing message saying "their Xbox broken down and they got a loan for x amount to purchase a new one" with
a link to the website.

Now, I am asking, is there an increase in phishing messages for different kinds of services now for some people? I understand the gold subscription and prestige/rank lobby scams which seem to be coming from brand new accounts that will never be used? I am
used to getting those kinds of messages on Twitter considering how people try to hide links that look normal, but are more of harmful.

Just want to ask around since I have already blocked/reported the user. Hoping that I can warn others that these people who try to get account information are now trying newer methods through different websites outside of the free Xbox Live stuff kind of
thing just to trick users into providing account information. I have never had any problems and I wasn't aware that these scammers are using new methods to get user info.

 

Is there an increase in phishing messages on Xbox Live

A while ago there were some people saying they got messages about how to get free fifa coins etc.. Now recently I've heard some saying the same as you are but personally I've never received any of those messages. No matter what platform there will always
be scammers so just block and report like you did

 

Have you checked from Xbox.com? Sometimes you can get requests from a player on Xbox 360 and they can only be viewed on here or on a 360 console.

 

Seems it just took like an hour to actually load the msg, even though the notification center had told me it was there