Getting "MICROSOFT SUGGESTIONS" in my Outlook Calendar that appear to be spam

Anonymous
2021-03-21T17:51:29+00:00

For the past couple of weeks I have been receiving "Microsoft Suggestions" in my calendar that span across two weeks in my calendar, that are waiting for me to accept. This actually started on my Outlook on my iPhone on my "Outlook Calendar" and has now started on my Desktop Windows machine.

My iPhone Calendar

 and my Desktop Outlook Calendar

in the iPhone calendar, you can see that almost every day has been infested with these. The Pfizer Vaccine ones do not show the "Microsoft Suggestion" but I assume these are all coming from the same place since they started at the same time and there are 4 listed spanning as one "Event" from March 5th to March 30 I can not delete these OR decline them. The Desktop "Meetings" I can decline but they keep coming back.

Has anyone else been getting these BS items and how can I turn them off completely. I do not share my calendar with anyone nor have I ever received "request" for a meeting until this **** started. I am ok with turning off all invitations for meetings but I cant find a way to do this.

Thank you in advance!

Bob

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-04-07T18:45:18+00:00

    I can’t find a way to “delete them”. Not in iPhone Calendar app (removing my Hotmail/Outlook account in iPhone calendar is not an option). And the spam emails are already deleted in the email apps (iPhone email app and / or Outlook app)

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  2. Diane Poremsky MVP 17,541 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2021-04-07T18:30:22+00:00

    Now the problem is how do I get rid of the events?  I was able to get rid of them off my Desktop Outlook by "Declining" but I am not able to remove them from my iPhone. Any suggestions? And how does this happen if the email gets sent to the Junk Folder?

    NEVER decline spammed meeting invites. Just delete them. Declining tells the spammer your address is valid. 

    You need to delete the every from the calendar - if that calendar is syncing to the phone, you only need to delete them one place. If the phone calendar is separate, you need to delete the event from the phone calendar. 

    And how does this happen if the email gets sent to the Junk Folder?

    The phone app is processing events in the junk mail folder.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-04-07T18:03:25+00:00

    Good Point

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-04-07T15:30:11+00:00

    I have the same problem. The Microsoft Suggestion spam calendar item is only in my iPhone Hotmail account calendar. It does not appear in the iPhone Outlook app Calendar. I think iPhone/Siri is seeing these spam calendar items when it syncs junk or trash and adds it to the email account Calendar (hotmail in my case). Some screen shots of the spam email from the IPhone and Outlook apps. Permanently deleting the email item does not remove the iPhone calendar Microsoft Suggestion spam appointment. 

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  5. Diane Poremsky MVP 17,541 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2021-04-07T15:26:38+00:00

    That did not delete the invites from your account - it only deleted the account from your phone.

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