Just now I got a “shared document” notice in Outlook on my Windows 11 laptop, and it…

Just now I got a “shared document” notice in Outlook on my Windows 11 laptop, and it pretended to come from someone I’ve never heard of. The subject looked harmless, but the attachment name and the odd reply-to address made me stop. Has anyone else been seeing these fake document-sharing emails lately?

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