Report a Spammer? (Read this FIRST...)

I use Bitdefender antivirus. Within Outlook, Bitdefender has a plug in to simply add an email to a Spammer list and then identify it as Spam, automatically deleting it.

This has greatly reduced the amount of reoccurring spam from the same sender.

I have been tracking down various spammer's IP addresses and blocking them using my firewall.

The problem is there are virtually thousands of IP addresses associated with the same spammer(s), and even though I block them in their known sequence of IP addresses, they-spammers always have thousands more IP addresses!

With Yahoo, it doesn't do any good to just block the spammer because it only blocks their email address!

HELP!!

Thanks for the reminder about SpamCop. Been using FTC reporting but not much relief from the spam volume lately. After reading info on SpamCop, a better appreciation for the problem and the work they do. They need fuel, so add some if using SpamCop.

What do you do re: wanted/legit emails that get reported as SPAM by one's email service/ISP? Yes, I have them in my "address book", and I signed up to get them. Mostly, they are from businesses sending sale notices, or newsletters from various organizations, so they're mass mailings, but not SPAM. And at least in some instances, the senders get reported without my "reporting SPAM" to anybody, and before I even see it in my "SPAM trap".

Fortunately, Gmail has done a good job of routing most spam to the spam folder for me. For my email address that is associated with my domain, my hosting provider also does a good job of blocking spam. So, I don’t end up seeing a lot of it.

Unfortunately, as long as spam still works to profit them, unscrupulous types will continue to send it. :(

Outlook mail allows you to report mail to MS, also offers the choice to block the senders email address, I have quiet the collection of spammers who use 'gmail.com'. Real shame google is NOT part of this process!

You mentioned "Unfortunately, a majority of spam is now sent from the computers of unsuspecting users who have been infected with malware. Millions of ordinary home computers are enslaved in botnets, remotely controlled by cyber criminals who hide in the dark corners of the Internet." This is also a good reason to perform scans, using Malwarebytes and other software. I know that I do NOT want to unintentionally be part of the problem. It is important to keep that junk off of one's computers.

Also, I have a "junk" email account, which I use for online purposes, etc. Over time, I notice how more spam gets into that account. Every 2 years, I close/delete that account, and open a new "junk" mail account. This has kept my "real" email accounts empty of spam. I call that the "lightning rod" approach.

GMail does the job for me. I can honestly say I can't remember the last time any spam got through their filters.
I just looked in my spam folder and although some of the emails in there might not technically be spam (due to the fact that I might have signed up for some of them at one time or another, absolutely none of them were anything I wouldn't have deleted without reading myself.

I get spam from the regular sources plus from readily known car insurance companies. How these companies got my email is beyond me. I have never used their car insurance. I use gmail and have for several years. I use to never get spam, but over the last several months I am getting lots more. What's up gmail? These companies have obviously bought my email from someone. Maybe I should send them a bill. I won't name names but their logos are the Statue of 'Liberty' and the one with the little green, slow walking geko. Bob, I know you said not to reort these companies as spam but since they send me emails that are unsolicited, I did it anyway. And if gmail keeps letting these email through, I may change emails.

We all know how they get our email addresses, don't you... From "hacked" databases, databases left publically accessible, et al... Spam is inevitable.

What can be done with the uptick of spam TEXTS?
I have suggested finding a way to only allow TEXTS (or calls) from those in the "contacts".

I get NO spam and I have got none for a long time. I suspect what I do will work for you too.
1) If you get a spam message, do not open it. Delete right away.They can tell if you opened it and thus ID you as a valid email address.
2) Never click on click bait.
Those two have reduced my spam from a few dozen a day to ZERO. I'd be surprised if it doesn't work as well for you.

Hi Bob,

Don't know if 'Blacklisting' spammer's and any other unwanted or unrecognizable emails helps. I usually check the 'small print' email address at the top of the email, which tends to be a totally unrecognizable address, and blacklist it if I have any doubts.
Billy Ross

I use mailwasher, just bounce them, and in a short time no more spam.

It's alright for the above solutions to be offered here Bob but I am in the HERE AND NOW trying to deal with circa 2,000 spam emails in my SPAM box each week and up to about 50 each day in my INBOX.

I have now proved that GOOGLE is to blame by offering its file-sharing service to every hungry prostitute and sex site wishing to subscribe.

Google offer an UNSUBSCRIPTION section for each such unwanted piece of garbage but when you open the sender's page one sees that they are using up to 20 subscriptions all of which need to be written to and thus to further INFECT one's computer.

Google NEVER reply to complaints thus not wishing to accept that this problem exists!!

I am a mathematician and can prove that 95%+ of
my unwanted emails come with Google's blessing and I am absolutely sick of it.

I am very careful over which mail I open but obviously I let the wrong one through some few months ago and they SHARED my email address with the world of sex.

Some years ago, I was getting a lot of spam on my Hotmail account so I began tracking some it. It was interesting to see how the source moved around from server to server so I guess they were using bot nets.

I did find a few individual accounts that were sending spam so I contacted them or their ISPs directly. One was a road-paving business in Arizona that replied that they knew they had a problem but didn't know which of their computers was the culprit and could I send the IP address, which I did. So that was pretty satisfying.

I also had a reply from an ISP that said that they had told their customer to clean up their act. But mostly, I didn't hear anything back which doesn't mean that nothing happened.

I rely a lot on reporting spam and phishing attempts to Outlook. I have forwarded some emails to the company whose name they use.
Reporting is the key. Let xyz.com know someone is abusing their good name. Not opening the email is important as well.

What I find amusing & funny, almost every spam message, the "from" looks like this: juhbkgvkjg or something kooky.
Now who in there right mind would open that email?