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    From David@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 19 13:14:04 2025
    <https://www.gov.uk/report-suspicious-emails-websites-phishing>

    "Emails
    Forward suspicious emails to report@phishing.gov.uk.".

    Now today I have in my Thunderbird Junk folder 132 emails.
    Most from "soton.ac.uk".
    I assume that the spammers regularly change source email addresses to
    prevent permanent blacklisting.

    Anyway, so far I have just checked the Junk folder for the occasional mis- identification and then deleted all the junk.

    Should I be forwarding all these emails before deleting them, as a public spirited email user?

    Alternatively should I assume that as they seem to be a mass mailing
    campaign the authorities will already know?

    This prompted by a Which? article a few days ago.

    Anyone bothering to report?

    Cheers



    Dave R

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  • From Jaimie Vandenbergh@21:1/5 to David on Mon May 19 14:51:40 2025
    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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    interest whatsoever, and nor are mine. I don't give a bugger
    what you feel, or what I feel. I want to know what the evidence shows." -- Richard Dawkins

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  • From Daniel James@21:1/5 to David on Tue May 20 10:58:09 2025
    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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    Cheers,
    Daniel.

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  • From David@21:1/5 to Daniel James on Tue May 20 14:16:11 2025
    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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