By utilizing this feature, you are actively assisting the campus in combating potentially malicious emails. Your participation contributes to the enhancement of our enterprise email service’s ability to filter out unwanted emails, such as phishing attempts and sales spam. The more malicious emails that are reported collectively, the more effective our email filtering system can become.
Report Phishing within your Microsoft 365 / Outlook on the Web
While in your Outlook online app:
- Click on the email that you would like to report as Junk or Phishing.
- On the top ribbon next to the “archive” button, click the “Report” button.
- One of the options should be “Report Phishing” or “Report Junk”.
- Click the Report drop-down arrow & select “Report Phishing”.
- The email will automatically go to your Trash folder, and Microsoft will also be notified to improve our spam filters.
Report Phishing within your Outlook Desktop App for Windows
Please note, the option to install this Add-in may not be available on certain Outlook versions.
While in your Outlook Windows desktop environment (Outlook on Windows and Mac or Mobile):
- Head to the “Get Add-ins” button in your Home Toolbar
- Search for the ‘Report Phishing’ add-in using the search bar and open the app by clicking on the search result.
- Once you find the “Report Phishing” app – click “Add”.
- You will see the add-in in your Outlook Home menu.
- To report a suspected phishing attempt, in the message list, select the message or messages you want to report
- Above the reading pane, select “‘Report Phishing” then Select “Report”.
- The email will automatically go to your Trash folder, and Microsoft will also be notified to improve our spam filters.
