Reporting Phishing/Spam Email and Text Messages

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Note: If the message you are reporting threatens criminal harm to you or someone else, your first point of contact should always be your local law enforcement authority and LETU's Campus Police at (903) 233-4444.

Reporting Email Phishing/Spam:

For Outlook users:

For employees, the primary way to submit reports of Spam and Phishing messages is by using the PhishNotify button in Outlook.

Rarely, , in some cases you may need to use Outlook's older Report Message plug-in. This tool is available in Outlook via the ribbon, under the Protection section:

For Outlook on the web users:

For students, the primary way to submit Spam and Phishing email messages is by using the Report Message add-in for outlook on the web. For more information, see Use the Report Message add-in.

Or:

Create a new, blank email.
Address the email to the Microsoft team that reviews messages as follows:
- For junk messages: address your email to junk@office365.microsoft.com.
- For phishing scam messages: address your email to phish@office365.microsoft.com.
Copy and paste the junk or phishing scam message into that email (as an attachment).
Click Send

Reporting Text Message (SMS) Phishing/Spam:

Text message phishing and spam can be reported via your text messaging app or via a government-run text recipient. Please see the FTC's guidance on reporting Text Phishing or Spam messages below:

https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-recognize-and-report-spam-text-messages