To Any/All Email/Spam Experts

I’m not a big user of Microsoft Teams, but I’ve been receiving emails “from them” telling me I’ve won an Apple iPhone and asking me to do a survey. If Microsoft sends these, I’m disappointed because they look very spammy. I do not click anything on them!

On the other hand, I’m pretty sure these are not from MS and that they are just spam or phishing attacks waiting for me to click something. I have read quite a lot about spam and phishing, and I know how to find and read header files. I usually look for email addresses that don’t make sense. This header file doesn’t show anything that looks like an illegitimate email address. It has me a little baffled, and I’d appreciate any insight from my friends who really understand email.

The link below goes to a text file containing the header file for this email. For those who are suspicious enough not to want even to click my link, I’ll paste the text below as well. Please tell me what I am missing. I can’t see how to tell that this header file exposes a phishing problem. I’d really like to know what I should be looking for. Thanks!

Here is a link to a text file containing the header info:

I have also pasted the same text. Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

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Subject: Teams sent you a message
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 06:16:41 -0700
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