Is there any point to reporting phishing emails?

Anonymous
2022-11-30T17:50:08+00:00

I'm using Outlook.live and I get upwards of 50 phishing emails a day. I report them all... every day. This has been going on for years. I get the same type and look of email even though the sender address constantly changes. Most are just a few block sentences, centered, no frills, that says Congratulations you won..., Click here for your prize..., Click here for this... Click here for that...

Blocking senders is a waste of time. They are always different. I thought Microsoft would be able to block based on content but I'm getting the same stuff over and over... Same stuff I've reported as phishing for years so it doesn't appear that the hundreds of thousands of emails I've reported are being looked at by anyone.

Is there no filtering on Microsoft's side? If there is, why is it not working... if not why report the phishing emails??

sr

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-08-10T19:05:51+00:00

    Yes, you are also on the malware that most people are on. Go to spam.org and report each one using the view source method which is the only way to stop them. Everything is recorded into a diary, so you can pull up any report at any time , so if you wanna sue , you can get money. The more you report the more money you’re gonna get , so enjoy submitting those **** spammers. Let’s unite.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-08-10T18:57:05+00:00

    I get emails from "Microsoft account team" that is actually generated from a gmail address. Somehow they are doing something that is disabling the blocking capability directly from the original email, not that it seems to do any good to block spam emails anyway.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-08-10T18:40:01+00:00

    OR3: I wouldn't mind 2-4 a day!... I'm getting well over 100 a day. ;-)

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-08-10T18:20:11+00:00

    I keep getting phishing emails with the subject lines 'Microsoft Bing' and 'Best of MSN'. I keep reporting them and they keep showing up.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-08-10T15:25:02+00:00

    yahoo, gmail don't appear to have this issue/volume. I might get 'A' junk email. I get minimum 2-4 a day from hotmail/outlook. Very disappointing

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