Windows 10: Why does MSN not have a reporting form to use to report hotmail.com users that send spam...

I have spent the last hour or so trying to chat with someone from the Microsoft support chat system about how to report people that are blatantly violating their T.O.S. by using their hotmail.com accounts to send texts to my cellphone that contain URL's to dubious sites that will either put a virus on my computer/cell phone..... or will otherwise be spam, phishing or other malicious intentions. Microsoft has no apparent concern about this or they would create a reporting format that is user friendly and directly address these issues. If anyone knows otherwise please let me know. The three phon

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Email - reporting spam/phishing - from a Hotmail address

My computer has NOT been hacked - I merely received a fraudulent email from an @HOTmail address.

I get spam/fraud emails almost every day but they are rarely from hotmail/gmail/yahoo/ type addresses - when they are from a large internet email provider - if possible as well as reporting the fraud to the UK Investigation service I report it to the hosting company - in this case Hotmail - I found I did not have a forwarding address saved for hotmail frauds and so checked the TenForum webiste and also did not find one there - hence my post and then further investigation and comment.

Nonetheless thank you Macboatmaster for the very helpful response - which I hope may also prove useful to others.

 

The MSN Mobile Hotmail service reported an error while synchronizing your Hotmail account

I have a SprintPCS WIN5 700wx phone. In the last 4 days I have received the following error message everytime it attemps

to send/receive with Hotmail - "The MSN Mobile Hotmail service reported an error while synchronizing your Hotmail account....." Any ideas on how to resolve this problem ?

I called Sprint and they said it wasn't their service generating this issue.

thank you in advance

 

Phishing scammers are using the email address "account-security-noreply*AT-symbol*account.microsoft.com" to send spam emails - who at Microsoft should I report these to?

This solution article provides information on how to report abuse and SPAM in Outlook.com

To report spam or unsolicited emails:





* Non-MIcrosoft customers should address an email to report_spam@hotmail.com, report_spam@msn.com or report_spam@live.com, report_spam@outlook.com (Depending on the originating mail domain: hotmail, msn,live, or Outlook.com). Attach a copy of the spam email
to this email and send it. If we do not receive a copy of the email as an attachment our ability to take action against the spamming account is severely impacted.

* We ask for a full copy of the email so that we have conclusive evidence showing from which Windows Live Hotmail account the SPAM was sent. It is possible that the email address was spoofed, and we don't want to mistakenly close a non-spamming account.

To report abuse:

* Customers who wish to report
abuse about harassment, impersonation, child exploitation, child pornography etc, received
from a outlook.com account should send their complaint to abuse@outlook.com with all the relevant information (abuse@hotmail, or abuse@outlook.com)

* If you are being threatened please call your local law enforcement.

* If you wish to report abuse against a non Microsoft account, please send the complaint to abuse@xxxxxx.com , where xxxxxx.com is the text that appears after the "@" symbol in the sender's e-mail address. For example,
if the unwanted email came from someone@mymail.com then report the email message to abuse@mymail.com. You can also use the site Abuse.net: Home Page to identify the correct abuse reporting address.



* In addition to these ways of reporting Spam you can also click the "Report Spam," button in your email program.