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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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Hi,
To block a specific sender, you can find the instructions by clicking this link. This should help in getting your query solved.
Regards.
Thanks. How long did it take SPAMCOP to stop the junk emails after you put the offenders email address in the process box...roughly? r/tom
Tom
I'm tempted to send all my junk crap to microsoft and flood their inbox!! I am still getting about 70 a day. Not as many as you are but we are getting many of the same type of spam. I don't use many websites aside from, Facebook, Chewy, Ebay, youtube and other secure sites. I have no idea where all this health, insurance, money loans, sex, and the rest are coming from but I wish to h-ll it would top. I can't begin to imagine what my block list must look like. Microsoft can certainly tell by all the stupidly long email addresses that it's garbage...I'm so tired of it
Tom
I'm tempted to send all my junk crap to microsoft and flood their inbox!! I am still getting about 70 a day. Not as many as you are but we are getting many of the same type of spam. I don't use many websites aside from, Facebook, Chewy, Ebay, youtube and other secure sites. I have no idea where all this health, insurance, money loans, sex, and the rest are coming from but I wish to h-ll it would top. I can't begin to imagine what my block list must look like. Microsoft can certainly tell by all the stupidly long email addresses that it's garbage...I'm so tired of it
The most annoying stuff is that which appears to come from my own email address - I can't block that, only report it as 'phishing' - for what good that does. I've started using SpamCop although not sure I'm doing it properly, and although they ask for donations, I'm not going to pay anything until I'm certain it's having some effect! I expect I'll have to create a new email address at some point, which my daughter has resorted to. It appears to be happening to everyone I know!
Thanks. How long did it take SPAMCOP to stop the junk emails after you put the offenders email address in the process box...roughly? r/tom
Tom,
E-mails from the main offenders dropped within about three weeks. In addition to the SpamCop reports, I used the contact addresses generated via SpamCop to forward the spam e-mails directly to the ISP's.