Are they purporting to be from gov.uk? or a variety of senders. Maybe you can only report to that particular phishing addy that pertains to gov.uk.
I have taken to going up to my ISP webmail on their server and sorting/eliminating any junk or mail I don¡¯t want before it even gets to my Mac. In doing so I am teaching the mail server a bit extra apart from what it¡¯s already programmed to recognise as junk.
I¡¯ve not struck anything behaving as you describe as yet down here in Oz. Though certainly I have noticed there have been days junk arriving has raised my antennae.
Regards Jude
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On 8 Jun 2023, at 8:05 am, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:
?Hello stranger! :)
I¡¯m sure you¡¯re right about Action Fraud being underfunded but my worry was that these obviously potentially harmful emails got into my Inbox yet could not be sent on out again. If I get any more like that, I may ring Zen directly to find out why this happens. Their customer support is prompt and knowledgeable but I¡¯m not always good at explaining my problems. While setting up my new Mini, I noticed that the setup instructions when we were transferring from BTInternet were dated 1993! I kept it because it had our username and other details - on paper, remember that old material? :D
Best,
Susan
On 7 Jun 2023, at 18:33, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:
Hi Susan!
I hear you :-) I¡¯m getting spam/phishing emails, e.g. TV License (sic) expired, but they¡¯re going to my Junk folder automatically. I¡¯m not trying to forward them to anyone.
Given that the Government¡¯s commitment to online security is sketchy at best (Action Fraud weekdays business hours only, for instance), I¡¯d be willing to bet that the phishing department is understaffed and underfunded.
Cheers
Chris
On 7 Jun 2023, at 15:36, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:
Hello (Is there anybody there¡?)
A larger than usual number of suspicious emails has been coming my way recently. Usually, I can forward them to report@... but a number of them have refused to be forwarded; these look as if they are loaded with something potentially harmful. I am in contact with Zen Internet about these but had deleted them already because they ensconced themselves in an Outbox and kept popping up when I was sending email, so could not be ignored. Anything like this happening at your end of the table? What I am wondering is: how did they get through to me if I cannot forward them onwards?!
Best,
Susan
