Reporting Phishing Email

How to Report Phishing and Other Email Scams

Accessing email through Outlook on the Web or Desktop allows one to report received messages as spam or phishing. To access the report function simply right click the message then select Report, then report Junk or report Phishing. The Message toolbar in the Classic Outlook client and the Home tab in the New outlook client also have a button you may click to access these options. 

Outlook's Message ribbon with the Report Message button highlighted

 

The report button in the Home tab of the new Outlook client.

 

There may be a confirmation screen asking you if you want to report the message. 

Reporting the message as junk simply trains our spam filters to detect mail like for other users and sends the item to your junk folder. Reporting phishing will train the filter, but also notify our security team to perform an investigation of the message. 

A confirmation dialogue box asking to confirm the report of the message as phishing

 

While it is not necessary in most cases, if you would like to reach out and report the message to ATUS you may do so by using this ATUS Help Desk form. If you are unsure if an email is legitimate or not, please contact us before handling the message.