Teams Chats - "Someone wants to chat with you”

Handling “Someone wants to chat with you” in Microsoft Teams (BYU‑Idaho)

What this means

• When you receive a Teams message from someone you’ve never chatted with, it may be flagged as unexpected. [Someone Wa...Queen Blog]
• This is common with external users or new contacts and helps protect you from spam or phishing. [Someone Wa...Queen Blog]

What to do

• Click Preview messages to safely read the message before responding. [Someone Wa...Queen Blog]
• Review the sender and content to decide if it’s legitimate. [Someone Wa...Queen Blog]

Your options

• Accept → Start the conversation and reply normally. [Someone Wa...Queen Blog]
• Block → Stop future messages from that sender if it looks suspicious or unwanted. [Someone Wa...Queen Blog]

Best practices

• Be cautious with unknown external senders
• Avoid clicking links unless you trust the source
• Report suspicious messages to the IT Service Desk

Bottom line:
Always preview first—only accept messages you trust, and block anything suspicious. [Someone Wa...Queen Blog]

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