When phishing scams are reported to Outlook what happens to them?

Anonymous
2013-08-15T03:33:40+00:00

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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Anonymous
2016-08-28T22:07:02+00:00

Hi,

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-03-07T23:19:12+00:00

    CR

    It is virtually impossible to prevent "phishing"  As soon as one scammer is blocked they simply change their email & IP.  Unfortunately it is part of the Internet and your best defense is to know what phishing looks like, not open any attachments, not clicking on links, and not giving out any information.

    While phishing cannot be stopped you can make sure it does not happen to you but rather someone else.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-05-05T16:36:31+00:00

    I forwarded a phishing email to Microsoft regarding a Microsoft product and they replied to resend the email with the header information.

    Does classifying an email as Junk - Phishing Scam, automatically transmit the email with the headers to Microsoft?

    If so, it would save me a second step of pulling out the header information and sending this on in a separate email.

    If it does not, this should be taken as a suggestion to encorporate this into the Junk - Phishing Scam selection so users would not have to go thru the extra steps of extracting the header information and sending the abuse report as a separate email.

    Please advise if this functionality is already included in the selection Junk - Phishing Scam.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-09-26T10:20:00+00:00

    i report as phishing  scam from my junk... as i even try to keep my junk as cleaned up as possable... but (denise T) above, says; and i quote ; 

    "Please be informed that once an email has been reported as Phishing, this email goes to your Junk Folder" .....

    confused here........ but i also thought i was doing good by  pressing that magical button.. wont bother in future.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-09-27T06:14:54+00:00

    I agree. I have to check my junk, as legitimate emails are also sometimes sent there.

    Reporting a phishing scam should do more than send them to junk, it sayes you are protecting others from scams-but these explainations make it sound unlikely. Many phishing scams look legitimate, and I get sick of searching for scam reports before reading attachments (or not), repeated reports of the same scam should be registered, and more proactive actions taken

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