Sending Spam and Phishing emails to report@phishing.gov.uk

ballyblack

Martin's latest advice on dealing with spammers 

Martins advice didn't mention spammers.........its Scammers

ChrisM69

I too forwarded Spam/Scam Emails on to Report@Phishing.gov.uk and now I have received a Letter from Virgin stating that they had been notified that Spam Emails were coming from a device using my Internet Connection and Warning me that my Service may be Suspended or Cancelled if the problem is not fixed.

Well ! Thanks NCSC for reporting this back to Virgin and Thanks ! Virgin for thinking I am a Spammer/Scammer !!.

Perhaps Virgin should tighten up their Spam/Scam Filtering in the first place and then I would not be receiving any Spam/Scam Emails.

Think AndyPix has the right idea - Just "Delete and Ignore"

murfjohn

I'm with you all the way there Chris, did exactly the same as you and exactly the same results, no more reporting to NCSC. Just delete them for fear of being my broadband service being suspended or cancelled.

arciere

ChrisM69 said:

I too forwarded Spam/Scam Emails on to Report@Phishing.gov.uk and now I have received a Letter from Virgin stating that they had been notified that Spam Emails were coming from a device using my Internet Connection and Warning me that my Service may be Suspended or Cancelled if the problem is not fixed.

Well ! Thanks NCSC for reporting this back to Virgin and Thanks ! Virgin for thinking I am a Spammer/Scammer !!.

Perhaps Virgin should tighten up their Spam/Scam Filtering in the first place and then I would not be receiving any Spam/Scam Emails.

Think AndyPix has the right idea - Just "Delete and Ignore"

If you forward spam emails, you should do so by attaching the original email rather than simply forwarding it.
That being said, there is only one thing that should be done, and it's what Andy said: delete and move on, if you forward it to anyone, nothing's gonna change.
On a separate note, I do spend time replying to scam emails, when I am really really bored. I remember one time I managed to send a guy somewhere in Africa to a Western Union shop that I told him I had sent the money to (I also sent him a fake WU receipt). It took him a while to understand what was going on.

sacko1305

Attaching the email doesn't work as it still contains suspicious web addresses.
The only way to forward it is to 'view source', copy the code into a notepad document, and disable the links by say replacing '.com' with '#com'. Then attach the notepad document to an email with an explanation. Bit of a faff but until Virgin Media take a responsible approach, this is the only way.
I'm still receiving scam emails (not just spam) which Virgin Media happily passes to me but stops me forwarding them.

RumRat

Not a good idea to use your ISP's email.....A move to GMX, Gmail, Outlook etc. may be beneficial.

Badly_informed

On  MSE email (29.4.20) , there's a new tool in the fight against spam and phishing emails - forwarding them to report@phishing.gov.uk. Sounds like it might be useful, so I, also, tried forwarding two dodgy-looking emails, re my TV Licence, I'd received at my email address, but my email provider, also Virgin Media refused to send it on as 'it contains spam'. My thoughts exactly!! That's why I was forwarding it. I think this is a problem with Virgin Media, as that comment has been repeated several times here. I think I'll report it to Virgin, see what they say!

Badly_informed

sent it to phishing@virginmedia.com and it has posted off. let's see what happens

chrisk7

Keep receiving emails showing how martin Lewis made millions through Bitcoin, obv rubbish but where could I forward?

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arciere said:

On a separate note, I do spend time replying to scam emails, when I am really really bored. I remember one time I managed to send a guy somewhere in Africa to a Western Union shop that I told him I had sent the money to (I also sent him a fake WU receipt). It took him a while to understand what was going on.

There is a whole community dedicated to doing this. They award themselves things like "safari award" when they get a scammer to travel to a different country to collect non-existent money and "trophies" when they get scammers to send silly photo's of themselves.

If you are bored one day have a read through the 419eater.com forum to see what fun they get up to wasting the scammers time.