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
    2023-12-31T18:55:44+00:00

    I have the same problem. I even paid for the $19.99 per year subscription that promises to stop ads. Don't do I

    it. I have found that spam emails are not considered ads by Microsoft. I think the flood of spam emails is a ploy to get you to purchase the paid subscription which is supposed to stop said emails. Don't fall for it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-12-27T18:27:31+00:00

    That may be true, except i have never used Shopify.

    side note: the onslaught of spam emails has suddenly stopped nearly 100%! i suspect there was some defect in Microsoft's spam filter and it has now been fixed. YAY

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-12-27T16:52:37+00:00

    The emails all have a common unsubscribe url k-lists it’s called if I remember rightly done some digging and k-lists is part of the klaviyo domain done some further digging and klaviyo are partnered with Shopify. Hence this all started after signing up to Shopify payment plan!

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-27T04:35:23+00:00

    I do this every day, does not make any difference, so i let it accumulate and i got 172 in six days, totally fed up with microsoft. Ron..

    Hello ! I'm Nelson and I would be glad to assist you today, I'm sorry that you are experiencing this issue.

    To block someone in Outlook.com, select the messages or senders you want to block.
    From the top toolbar, select Junk > Block (or Spam > Block).
    Select OK. The messages you select will be deleted and all future messages will be blocked from your mailbox. Hope this helps

    Nelson

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-12-27T01:21:29+00:00

    If you are a sender of emails, for instance you are a small business owner who sends to an email list using a service like klavio, mailchimp, mailerlite, or any number of other service providers, this will be helpful so that YOU do not get relegated to the SPAM department! BUT! Don't be fooled! The SPAM operators are savvy, and manage to collect enough revenue from people who fall for their scams that they can pay people to keep their emails "looking legit" to the bots that patrol for them! That's their job after all. And it keeps teh security companies employed! It's quite a great partnership they have going on.

    https://www.sprucely.net/news/new-email-sender-guidelines-at-google-and-yahoo-everything-you-need-to-know/
    If     you sign up for email newsletters, be SURE you know who you are sharing your addy with.

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