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. Anonymous
    2024-01-17T18:19:41+00:00

    Now you are just showing your age 😂

    Us "@hotmail" dinosaurs need to stick together 🦖

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-17T18:16:13+00:00

    I think they will fix it.. behind a pay wall.

    "You don't want adds or spam?, then it's €29.99 per month" 😤

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-17T17:31:40+00:00

    ..think I was with them before Microsoft bought them out.. saved me lots o dough this free email... :) hovering at 94% full last year .. ... I thought all this spam was from me one time I think a year or two ago clicking a spreadsheet in what ended up being a **** email... so I just assumed it all my fault for I'm prob on some weird list. I'm a bit lucky though in that my ~100 daily dudes just go straight to my junk folder where I keep scanning for legit ones (for I only have my contacts go to my inbox)

    Joe

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-17T17:16:12+00:00

    Great post ! I feel exactly the same way ! I hope they get their sh*t together soon, as I can't take much more. I have changed my password several times as well, hoping that it would help......NOT ! I am also a hotmail dinosaur ! It's at least nice to know that I am not alone ! ! ! LOL !

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-17T16:22:53+00:00

    Hi,

    I have been blocking and reporting spam emails (50-80+ per day) for the last 6 months.

    Maybe I get the COC feedback email for 1 out of 100 emails I report.. sometimes I even get a message to say it violated your terms.. Maybe 1 in 200?? So either you are not taking the problem seriously or you are overwhelmed with the problem and cannot cope?

    The new one now, is I get spam emails from my own email address!

    I can handle the odd casino spam, but now I get solar panels, bitcoin, dating apps, explicit dating apps.. and I need to check my spam folder to make sure there are no genuine emails mixed in that mess.

    It's not nice to wake up in the morning and find your email account with 30+ spam emails.

    I'm that old, that my email address is still "@hotmail"... But after the migration over to Outlook I went from maybe 2-3 spam per week, to 80+ per day.

    The joke really is over... I'm not laughing. It's my time to check my folder, move any genuine emails, and then report the spam. And guess what.... the next day, another 80+ spam emails.

    I don't want a standard "We are sorry you are having this issue" reply... or "Have you tried the following" because YES!! I have tried blocking.. I report each one.. It makes no difference.

    Every email address is different. I spend an hour every day reporting spam..

    Maybe I need to charge this job out to you at 1000 Euro per hour? Then see how quickly you start to take it seriously.

    Maybe easier to close the accounts and go with yandex!?

    It's boring..

    It's frustrating..

    It's my time..

    Please............................ make it stop.

    Same here, exactly! Microsoft doesn’t care and they will NEVER fix it! 🤬🤬🤬🤬

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