Report Spam or Phishing Emails

An overview of how to report spam or phishing in Outlook 2019 or Microsoft 365 Webmail

E-mail filtering is managed by Microsoft and they provide you with a quick and easy way to report potentially suspicious or junk e-mail.  

Depending on your choice of e-mail client (Microsoft 365 Webmail or Outlook 2019) their process looks slightly different. 

 

Microsoft 365 Webmail 

1. Right click on the email you would like to report and hover over Security Options 

  

2. Select the appropriate method of reporting depending on the email. 

   • If it is a general spam or junk message, such as unsolicited newsletters, select Mark as junk.

   • If the message is requiring action on your part, such as providing login information or requesting you to contact someone, it is likely a phishing email. Select Phishing.

   • If you keep receiving message from this particular email address, you can select Block to stop receiving messages from that address 

 

Outlook 2019 

1. Left click on the email you would like to report and look in the top menu ribbon for Report Message and left click on it. 

 

2. Select the appropriate method of reporting depending on the email. 

   • If it is a general spam or junk message, such as unsolicited newsletters, select Junk.

   • If the message is requiring action on your part, such as providing login information or requesting you to contact someone, it is likely a phishing email. Select Phishing.