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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Regards.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-03-18T13:12:58+00:00

    Hi Andrew,

    Welcome to Microsoft Community & sorry for the delay in response.

    For more information I suggest you to follow the below article & check if it helps.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/outlook/abuse-phishing-junk-email

    Do let us know is you are facing any issues, we will be happy to help you.

    Thank you.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-03-16T18:29:54+00:00

    I could no agree more regarding giving a false sense something is being done by reporting phishing.  It appears I'm just phishing in wind. 

    Pitiful Outlook 1/10

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-02-22T01:44:49+00:00

    Don't blame Microsoft or wait everything from them.. Look at your email header then find hosting and domain provider and report them..

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-10-22T15:41:18+00:00

    For reporting phishing emails in the UK

    I would go to this website (see below)

    Takes a bit of time but altleast you are doing something good for the rrest of the internet community !

    https://reportlite.actionfraud.police.uk/

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