In Microsoft Office Outlook, if you receive a spam email, select that phishing message and choose the Report Message option from the ribbon. After choosing it, click on Phishing. It is the fastest way to report spam or phishing emails and remove that spam email from your inbox. Moreover, in the future, Microsoft will protect you from these spam emails.
Method to Report Spam Emails
If you got any spam email, try not to click on any given link. And if you find an email from an organization, go to the Web Browser, and search that organization on the website. Get the phone number and confirm from them whether they send an email to you or not?
And after finding it, delete that email, or you can report it. For reporting spam or phishing emails, you can use another method. It is explained below:
Use Report Message Add-In
The Report message add-in works with Outlook. It allows reporting spam emails to Microsoft. It also helps to manage how your Microsoft 365 accounts treat these phishing messages. But the question is: How can you report emails using a report message add-in? To get the answer, let’s see the methods:
Install and enable the report message add-in in your Microsoft. Select the spam email. Click on the Report Message option on the ribbon. You’ll see 5 options; junk, phishing, not junk, other options, and help. You can choose the junk or phishing option. If you have to choose the Junk option, it shows options like ask you before sending a report, automatically send report option, and never send report option. Select one option. Once you select an option, you’ve to save it. After it, an info bar in the message header will confirm that the changes you made are successfully saved. After reporting the spam email, if you want to remove the report message add-in, then follow the following steps:Click on the Store buttonChoose My Add-In from the Outlook ribbonScroll on the report message add-inAnd choose to disable or uninstall it from your Microsoft.
For Outlook. com
If you are an Outlook.com user, follow the below-mentioned steps to report your spam emails.
Select the Spam emailThen, select the arrow that is present next to the junkPress the Phishing button. A Spam email copy may be sent to Microsoft. It’ll help them update their filters, and email will move from the inbox to the junk folder.
But if you’re using an email client, start a new email to phish@office365.microsoft.com and include spam or phishing email as an attachment. Don’t forward the phishing email. If you do, Microsoft will not examine it. How Do I Report Spam Emails to Microsoft?
Difference between Junk/Spam and Phishing email
Many people think junk and phishing emails are the same. But this is not the case. Spam or junk email are those emails in which there are some kinds of promotions. These can include coupons, sales, and even donation solicitation.
Phishing emails are emails that want to get your personal information like your identity, bank account details, or even passwords. They usually send you forms to fill in your personal information and have a link that will take you to an insecure website. How Do I Report Spam Emails to Microsoft?
Conclusion
If you see any spam or phishing emails, try not to share your personal information with them. And if they’ve any link inserted then avoid clicking on it. These also contain some malware that can easily steal your information. I hope this information helped you to report to Microsoft. Tell me in the comment section, If this is helpful for you? Or Did you get phishing emails, and what you’d done?
How to move legitimate email from junk to inbox?
If you find your legitimate email in the junk, use the report message add-in. Marked it as a legitimate email by clicking on Not Junk. After that move your mail to the inbox. Report the False Positive to help Microsoft to make their spam filter better.
What should I do if I’ve on a suspicious website?
If you are on a suspicious website in Microsoft Edge then click on Settings and More at the most right corner or press alt+f to open the settings. After opening settings, click Help and Feedback and select Report unsafe site.
What should I do if I’ve been phished?
If you think you’ve been phished then do the following things:
Change the passwords of those affected accounts. And enter the unique password or choose one from the create and use a strong password option.
Confirm that your affected account has multifactor authentication or two steps verification.
If you’ve lost your money or information, report it. You can report it to the local law enforcement as it is a cybercrime.
