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I reported two phishing scams to Outlook by clicking on the drop down "report phishing scam" in the Outlook mail app. Where does the phish e-mail go and is it reported to the genuine company, in this case a bank? Also, why can't a suspicious e-mail be forwarded to a reporting agency without opening it and exposing my computer and possibly my contact list to the bad guys?
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Managing personal Outlook.com account settings, security, and privacy
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Hi,
To block a specific sender, you can find the instructions by clicking this link. This should help in getting your query solved.
Regards.
For years, I too thought I was fighting scammers with every press of that magical button. If you really want to make a difference in fighting phishing scams; forward the suspicious emails to the FTC at ******@uce.gov first, then push the report Phishing scam button to block them for you and help the MS community.
I hope Microsoft Moderator, Wayne C is correct in that something else is occurring besides just blocking the scammer, i.e. "blocked in every way possible from Outlook.com users" in general. Because, Microsoft Moderators, Denise T. and RoseKatrina H. spent most of their responses in greeting "nice-ities", rather than meaningful info and should not even respond unless moderators are well trained enough to give complete and useful responses to issues that users are concerned about. Because, now I also question the usefulness of that "phishing scam" drop-down button. And, I have received more scam emails from phishers that I had already "reported", so really have my doubts about "investigations". And, question the staff that does the "investigation" due to the empty responses of the first two Microsoft Moderators.
You block them only "after" your team investigates?
When someone I do not know is asking me to help them put money into my account [and asks for my personal information] or wants to "update" an account of mine, or any other request to get personal information from me, I consider that a pishing scam.
If you block that person from my Outlook account only after an investigation......I'd rather just dump them into my block sender option right from the get-go.
I was under the impression that these scammers were being delt with in some way.
So......if my attempt to report them does not result in punishment or fines or some other action, I will simply block them myself - and save you the trouble.
Correct me if I am wrong.
I had the same question. If that's all that happens with my pishing "reports", I could just as easily place them in my blocked folder myself.
Having that option gives "us" a false sense that something is being "done" about scammers.
I'm disappointed Outlook.