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
    2024-09-05T10:43:54+00:00

    Thank you Rob ☺️

    That is the exact problem - I believe I unknowingly must have ticked or unticked a box and found myself on some mailing list !!!

    The problem now is exactly like you say - how do I identify who is selling it and how to remove myself from the list…..

    Surely there must be a way? If anybody can help, would be most grateful.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-09-06T18:38:01+00:00

    PLEASE.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-09-30T10:55:05+00:00

    All of a sudden I’m getting 60 plus scam emails per day. Your suggestion to block them individually is ridiculous: like playing whack-a-mole.

    Please give me instructions on how to close down this email account. Too frustrating to use.

    Angie

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-10-22T15:41:58+00:00

    This is getting beyond ridiculous! Microsoft, fix it or lose customers!! NOW!!!!! I’ve gotten 20 in the past couple of days!

    It definitely has to do with 365. If you aren’t paying for it, you get more spam emails. How do I know? I let my 365 subscription expire and sure enough, the spam emails started!

    Quit gouging your customers for money, you greedy company!!!!

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-12-12T17:11:28+00:00

    12-12-2024 i got a few emails from entities i want and 27 spam

    which most have been checked blocked in past

    i no longer use hotmail since having to sort through over 100 spams when a emai i wanted mistakingly went in spam folder

    if i get 3 spams in a yr on my g mail accounts thats a lot

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