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On 19 May 2025 at 14:14:04 BST, "David" <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:

> Anyone bothering to report?

Not for years - the larger email servers all do their own spam detecting
and reporting, but given that well over 90% of emails sent are spam and
they err on the side of not falsely deleting real mails, a bunch will
always get through before being shut off by their own shared kill lists.

    Cheers - Jaimie
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On 19/05/2025 14:14, David wrote:
> <https://www.gov.uk/report-suspicious-emails-websites-phishing>
>
> "Emails
> Forward suspicious emails toreport@phishing.gov.uk.".

Yes. Note that it says "phishing". There's no point in reporting
run-of-the-mill SPAM advertising, but if you have messages that purport
to be from some organization of which you might normally take notice,
but you realize that it is actually a spoof trying to get you to click
on a malicious link and that other people might be taken in by it, then
I should say that it is worth reporting.

I report a few of these every year, to phishing.gov.uk or to via
https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/ as seems appropriate.

The last one was in February. A bogus TV licence renewal notice that
contained links to a site in China.

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On Tue, 20 May 2025 10:58:09 +0100, Daniel James wrote:

> On 19/05/2025 14:14, David wrote:
>> <https://www.gov.uk/report-suspicious-emails-websites-phishing>
>>
>> "Emails Forward suspicious emails toreport@phishing.gov.uk.".
>
> Yes. Note that it says "phishing". There's no point in reporting
> run-of-the-mill SPAM advertising, but if you have messages that purport
> to be from some organization of which you might normally take notice,
> but you realize that it is actually a spoof trying to get you to click
> on a malicious link and that other people might be taken in by it, then
> I should say that it is worth reporting.
>
> I report a few of these every year, to phishing.gov.uk or to via
> https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/ as seems appropriate.
>
> The last one was in February. A bogus TV licence renewal notice that
> contained links to a site in China.

Most of my SPAM (apart from the very occasional rude ones) seem to be
masquerading as a well known supplier, mainly telling you that your
subscription has expired.
Presumably phishing for credentials.

I could forward the bulk of my SPAM but the sheer volume seems counter
productive.

Then again, I do have quite a few email addresses including at least one
very well known one, and a few which have been exposed by security
breaches and showing up on haveIbeenpwned.

Cheers



Dave R

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