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Report Phishing

If you've received an unsolicited message containing a suspicious link or attachment, appears to be an attempt at grabbing your credentials or getting you to send money for something, there's something that we've got to do about it!  The technologies and algorithms used in attempting to scam people changes every day and we need to continue to be persistent in doing what we can to train our protection technologies so they can do better at protecting you!
 

Report The Suspicious Message To ºÚÁÏÍø's Phishing Team For Analysis

Here at ºÚÁÏÍø, we have a team of dedicated experts who are ready to review that suspicious message for any potential threats.  The team will perform a variety of specialized tests to examine attachments, links, and other aspects of a message to make sure there is no potential for harm.  If there are any threats found from within, our engineers will perform some additional work directly with our email systems to immediately secure our environment from that specific threat!  To report messages to the team at ºÚÁÏÍø, simply forward the questionable message to phish@kent.edu and one of our Engineers will begin their work.

 

Report Text or Voice Messages

Phishing messages delivered via text message or phone call can still be reported, though you will need to use different methods depending on which apps and service provider you are using. Popular apps include on Android devices and on iPhone.

Service providers may have their own spam filters, such as , , and . These can be used to proactively prevent smishing and vishing messages from reaching your device.

 

Report The Suspicious Message To Microsoft's Phishing Team For Analysis

If there is a threat that manages to make its way into your mailbox, you also have the opportunity to report the message in question directly with the systems at Microsoft.  This mechanism gives us the opportunity to directly train their systems to better protect O365 customers worldwide as those messages are processed through their Active Threat Protection Technology.  To report these messages to Microsoft, there is a button located directly on the message.

Outlook Desktop Reporting

Classic Outlook

To report a message directly from your Outlook Desktop Client, you will want to look for the Report Message button..  In the Outlook client, this will appear on the right side of the Home ribbon:

Demonstration of how to report phishing emails in the Outlook desktop client.

 

New Outlook

In the New Outlook client, this button appears on the left side of the Home ribbon:

Demonstration of how to report messages in New Outlook.
Outlook on the Web Reporting

When using , in the upper-right corner of a message, there will be a small Report Message button next to the Forward button:

Demonstration of how to report messages in Outlook on the Web.
Outlook Mobile App Reporting

Android Devices

When using Outlook on Android, tap the three-dot menu button in the upper-right corner of the message. Then, tap the Report Phishing button in the bottom-left corner of the menu that appears:

Demonstration of how to report messages on Outlook for Android.

 

Apple Devices

When using Outlook on iOS (Apple), tap the three-dot menu button in the upper-right corner of the message. Then, tap the Report Phishing button in the menu that appears:

Demonstration of how to report a phishing email on iOS.