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
    2023-05-15T21:49:21+00:00

    I do that - still get the same spam emails

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  2. Ron-6928 4,991 Reputation points
    2023-05-10T16:57:10+00:00

    >>is there a way of keeping them out that doesn't involve listing each one?

    Many advisors here copy/paste the same replies (to similar problems or questions) regardless of the fact they won't work. If spammers are targeting you, there is little you can do to stop them. Effective spam filter may help to cut down the spam volume but in many cases spammers beat spam filter. The bottom line is when spammers get a hold of your email address, that account is doomed. I still see the same spam sent to non existent addresses (deleted 20+ years ago) hitting the mail servers (in the SMTP logs).

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-05-10T11:07:05+00:00

    Funny it is only on the Hotmail/outlook account I have not the gmail or yahoo accounts...

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-05-10T00:10:14+00:00

    I've had a paid msn account for probably 20 years and I'm having the same spam blasting which started, for me, in the past couple months, so I don't think it's a force the free to get paid accounts. I've read articles that the Chinese and/or Russian hackers have stepped up their game on the U.S. I do agree that there has to be something that they can do to combat it and I hope it's soon because this is well beyond the numbers I've ever received before on any email account I've had in the past.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-05-09T22:26:32+00:00

    I too have had my Hotmail address for 10 years or longer but just the past year I have been over whelmed by spam! is it coincidentally it was when MS wanted users of the free Hotmail to upgrade to a pay system... I THINK NOT!!!!!

    I am moving my email to another host..

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