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
    2023-07-02T19:49:09+00:00

    Right on!

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-07-17T03:31:40+00:00

    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

    I get 50 to 75 junk emails a day, yes every day. For months now this has been going on.

    What you suggested above "to 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".

    I have been doing that for months now on every junk email and they keep coming back, the same emails I just clicked on block.

    My block emails menu does not work at all. I also tried "Report phishing" and it does not work.

    This should be sent to Microsoft Office 365 to let them know that my Outlook email app is defective.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-07-17T08:17:14+00:00

    That advice is BS. That does not keep the junk from coming. I am seriously considering deleting outlook completely. If this continues, I surely will. I don't think google has this problem. If Bill would concentrate on the business at hand instead of all the other **** he is involved with we might get this solved.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-07-29T21:42:29+00:00

    I am also finding that emails that are legitimate are going to the SPAM folders! While emails that are clearly SPAM are going to the focused! WHAT THE HECK!?

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