My Outlook inbox is suddenly getting a ton of spam and I don't know how to stop it

Anonymous
2022-10-25T16:57:23+00:00

Last week, my personal Outlook email started getting ~50 spam emails per day. I barely ever use this email address, so I am not sure how or why this began to happen. How can I stop all of this spam from getting to my inbox?

I have been flagging all of the emails as spam, but it doesn't seem to be stopping the influx of emails I am getting.

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  1. Ron-6928 4,991 Reputation points
    2024-01-18T16:15:32+00:00

    You don't know how many are coming your way. There could be thousand hitting your address every minute. Without any filter you will see a lot more in your mailbox.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-18T15:52:21+00:00

    Not much, unfortunately. I had a user (btw I'm a mail administrator) who suddenly got a ton of spam. I changed her email address. There is nothing much you can do when spammers target your mailbox with thousands of email every hour. Out of the thousands, a few will go through, guaranteed.

    😂🤣😂🤣. Yeah right! “Out of thousands, a few will go through guaranteed”. These aren’t a FEW that we all are experiencing!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬

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  3. Ron-6928 4,991 Reputation points
    2024-01-18T15:41:15+00:00

    Not much, unfortunately. I had a user (btw I'm a mail administrator) who suddenly got a ton of spam. I changed her email address. There is nothing much you can do when spammers target your mailbox with thousands of email every hour. Out of the thousands, a few will go through, guaranteed.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-18T00:25:25+00:00

    EXACTLY!!!!!!!

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-18T00:08:42+00:00

    What to do????? I spend about an hour everyday getting rid of these spam/scam emails.

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