You might not remember having ever provided a phone number in order to open a Microsoft account, but you did. It's the only way you can. You have to provide the code you get from a call, to the account login screen, in order to complete the account setup.
But that's basically your "tell" that it's a scam e-mail.
If you have an outlook account, it means they already have your phone number. If you don't have an outlook account, they don't need it.
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