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[Wetdive]

I keep receiving emails from someone I know however, when I look at the actual email address it is from somebody different every time can I report this or can I blanket block them?

Clare Dutton is how they display but the email address following keeps changing any help please.

Terry

Clare Dutton [MOD EDIT: Suspicious email removed]

On Monday, October 16, 2023 11:04 AM, Clare wrote:

I hope this won't need my explanations here [MOD EDIT: Suspicious link removed]

[Graham_A]

@Wetdive Sadly this is an all to common technique used by criminals who have obtained a list of email addresses.

Blanket blocking generally won't work as the spoofed from address changes each time.

If you want to you can forward the entire email as an attachment to report@phishing.gov.uk.  Don't just forward the email as it is likely to be picked up by the VM outgoing spam filter and could result in your VM email account being locked.

[Wetdive]

Thanks for your help, I have been just forwarding them to them, will start sending as attachments, not sure it will stop them, they are just annoying more than anything else.

Terry

[用心棒]

In webmail consider creating a filter rule similar to the following and when satisfied it works as expected replace the Set flag colour action with a File into Spam folder action

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[Wetdive]

Unfortunately the email address is not Clare.Dutton@  it keeps changing and is never the same twice. I don't think originates from UK/US mail server so although I setup rules like yours it never works I even tried one were the subject contains Clare Dutton and any part of that and they still get through.. I am working on a few other combinations hopefully one will work. Thanks for your help.

Terry

[用心棒]

The rule posted earlier matches on the Display Name and then on Clare Dutton's real email address, i.e. if the former is matched and the latter not then treat it as Spam.

Are these email arriving in your Inbox or Spam folder?