{"id":17881,"date":"2024-07-08T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thesslstore.com\/blog\/?p=17881"},"modified":"2024-07-29T12:40:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:40:09","slug":"how-to-report-a-phishing-email-apple-mail-gmail-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesslstore.com\/blog\/how-to-report-a-phishing-email-apple-mail-gmail-outlook\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Report a Phishing Email in Apple Mail, Gmail, and Microsoft Outlook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This guide will walk you through the process of reporting a phishing email (with screenshots) in the three most popular email clients<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Phishing threats plague businesses and consumers globally. Verizon reported in its 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report<\/a> (DBIR) that 73% of cybersecurity incidents involving social engineering began with phishing<\/a> (31%) and pretexting<\/a> (42%). But do you or your employees know how to report these threats?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our goal here isn\u2019t to tell you how to identify a phishing email<\/a> or to share a wealth of phishing statistics<\/a>. We\u2019ve done all of that in previous articles. We\u2019re here to demonstrate how to report a phishing email using the desktop, mobile, and web versions of three popular email clients (Outlook, Gmail, and Apple Mail).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s hash it out.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<\/span><\/span>\n\n\n

How to Report a Phishing Email Varies Based on Your Company<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Knowing how to report a scam email<\/a> is important for everyone, and there are multiple ways to do it. You can report phishing and other scam emails internally (to your IT admin), to your email service provider, and externally to law enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your organization likely has specific internal policies or processes for reporting a phishing message. If it doesn\u2019t, then your IT admin should provide clear guidelines about what your employees or other network users should do when they receive a suspicious email (as well as other forms of communication).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another important way to report emails is to report them directly to your email service provider. Of course, different companies may use different email platforms or even customized versions of those environments. So, the way to go about this may be a bit different depending on your situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, if your organization uses the standard versions of the following email clients, then learning how to report a phishing email is a pretty straightforward process. Let\u2019s explore the traditional versions of the three leading email clients\u2019 platforms as well as their web or mobile app options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Platform #1: How to Report a Phishing Email in Microsoft Outlook<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to reporting suspicious and malicious emails in Microsoft 365 Outlook, you\u2019ve gotta hand it to Microsoft: they make it easy. Reporting a phishing message in Outlook is a straightforward process that\u2019s hard to screw up. They give you the ability to report Junk and Phishing messages separately. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft 365 Outlook<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

But what if you want to report something specifically as a phishing email to Microsoft? You can choose to report a phishing email either from your main inbox or in the email itself using the tools in the top navigation bar ribbons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, to report a phishing email when in an email:<\/p>\n\n\n\n