How do I Report an Email as Phishing or Spam?

Occasionally Spam (junk email) or a Phishing email gets through Microsoft Defender's spam filters and shows up in your Inbox and should be reported. UWSP's process for reporting phishing and spam are very different.

How to Report Email Suspected as Phishing or Spam

 

Report Suspected Phishing

Suspected phishing attempts require an immediate response in order to protect both the phishing attempt victim and the security of UWSP's network and data.

Email that you suspect is a Phishing attempt should immediately be forwarded as an attachment to phishing@uwsp.edu which immediately alerts UWSP's Information Security Office to take protective steps to remediate the security threat.
 

Report Email You Consider Spam

Spam (junk email) while a nuisance, is not considered a threat to the email recipient or the UWSP network but should be reported to Microsoft to help improve spam filtering tools that reduce the amount of spam in your Inbox.

To report an email found in your Outlook Inbox as Spam,

  1. Locate Microsoft's Report button Picture of Outlook's "Report" button with a red shield icon that displays on Outlook's Home ribbon. on the Home tab on Outlook's menu, or on the Message tab in the open email.
  1. Click the down-arrow on the Report button's right and select Report Junk.

Picture of the "Report" button displaying a red shield icon selected on Outlook's Home ribbon. When selected, the "Report Junk" option is available from the two-option list. The "Report Phishing" option is crossed out in the picture, indicating that phishing should not be reported using the "Report" button.

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