How to report Spam email outlook

A Spam email is a message that appears in your mail box for commercial purposes but most times to convince you fall prey to Phishing scam.

As you may have noticed Phishing is the illegal collection of a users private information such as address , bank account , credit card information and others for purposes of hacking and gaining unauthorized access to your bank accounts .

If you’re an outlook email user , it’s important to understand how to report Spam email on Outlook .

Outlook just like any other email services provides a number of options on how to report Spam emails and phishing scams .

This article is going to take you through a step by step process on how to report Spam emails outlook  .

Report Spam email in Outlook .

To report to Outlook that you’ve received a Spam email that threatens to gain access to your private data such as bank account , credit card information and others , do some of the things below.

The steps may slightly be different depending on the version of outlook.com you’re using . Choose your version of outlook.com and follow the steps as indicated .

Report Spam email outlook.com beta .

If you found an email in your outlook.com beta account that you think is Spam , you’ll need to first mark the email as Junk then Phishing Scam .

Report phishing email in Outlook

To do this follow the steps below :-

1. Choose the email you want to mark as Phishing scam and select Junk on the command bar . ( You can also Right click and select Mark as Junk )

2. Go to the Junk Email Folder and then select Not Junk > phishing to report the Spam email sender .

Important to Note :

1. When you mark an email as Phishing , this doesn’t stop the sender from sending more Spam email to your inbox . To completely stop the sender , you’ll need to add the sender to your list of blocked contacts . You can read full guide How to block or unblock senders outlooks .

Report Spam to Microsoft

If you feel that wasn’t enough , you can report Spam email outlook by forwarding the email as an attachment to [email protected] .

Report Spam email outlook classic

If you suspect you received a phishing email from unknown contact , report the spam email by clicking the arrow next to Junk and select any of the following options below .

1. Junk – Use this option for routine unwanted emails .
2. Phishing Scam – You can use this option if you think the message you received is attempting to collect your private information such as bank accounts , credit card information , address and others .
3. My Friend’s been hacked – If you’re receiving Spam email from contact you normally trust or someone told you that their outlook account was hacked , You can use this option to report the sender .

Important to Note :

1. When you mark an email as Phishing , this doesn’t stop the sender from sending more Spam email to your inbox . To completely stop the sender , you’ll need to add the sender to your list of blocked contacts . You can read full guide How to block or unblock senders outlooks .
2. If you feel that wasn’t enough , you can report spam emails outlook by forwarding the email as an attachment to [email protected] .

How to protect yourself from Spam and phishing scam.

If you received an email from unknown senders acting to be legitimate and pretend to have colossal sums of money , there are several steps you can take to protect yourself from such as scam .

The intension of most phishing scams is to get your personal information such as bank account , credit card information , address with purpose of stealing your bank money .

If you receive emails with the following subject lines and content then you should be suspicious .

• You have won big ! ( Congratulations! You just won the lottery! Or you were entered in a Microsoft sweepstakes and you’ve won the jackpot! )

Intension : Need Your personal information so they can steal your identity and empty your bank accounts.

What to do : Don’t reply to such an email or attempt to give them your personal information . They are trying to steal your identity and steal your bank money .

• Help ! My father..! ( My father is from Egypt and died but left me huge sums of money and i would like to wire this money to Your account )

Intension :  Need Your personal info so they can steal your identity and empty your bank accounts.

What to do : Do not respond to such an email . You should consider marking it as spam and block the sender .

• If you (don’t) forward this email, something (bad) good will happen! (  Forward this email and Microsoft will send you $500! Forward this petition to keep Outlook a free service! Warn all your friends about this scary computer virus! )

Intension :  To watch their hoax go viral and brag to their scammer friends.

What to do :

• If it’s about a computer virus or any other security threat, visit your antivirus software website and look at the latest threat info.
• You can use hoax-debunking website like snopes.com and search on the email’s subject.

• Report the spam email as Junk (see “Report a phishing scam” above).

Note : Other suspicious emails may include the following .

• A large sum of money can be yours, just send us your personal info or some cash
• We request to verify your account immediately or we shall close it soon .
• A request for emergency financial help from a friend who is supposedly on vacation
• A notification that your credit card has been hacked

Abuse and Spam aren’t the same .

Spam ( phishing ) emails isn’t the same with abuse . If you’re receiving harassment emails such as threats , impersonation, child exploitation, child pornography, or other illegal activities via your outlook email , then you should consider reporting the sender to local law enforcement authorities .

You can also report email abuse to outlook.com by using any of the two options below .

• To report abuse received from a non-Outlook.com account, go to https://www.abuse.net to identify the correct abuse reporting address.
• To report harassment, impersonation, child exploitation, child pornography, or other illegal activities received via an Outlook.com account, forward the offending email as an attachment to [email protected]. Include any relevant info, such as the number of times you’ve received messages from the account and the relationship, if any, between you and the sender.