How to Report Phishing Emails

Protect yourself and others by reporting suspicious emails to the right authorities

🎣 Why Report Phishing?

Every phishing email you report helps protect thousands of other potential victims. When you forward suspicious emails to anti-fraud organizations, you're contributing to databases that help email providers, security companies, and law enforcement track and shut down scams.

It takes 2 minutes and could save someone from losing their life savings.

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Step-by-Step Guide

1

🕵️ Identify Phishing

Look for red flags: urgent language, requests for personal info, suspicious sender addresses, generic greetings ("Dear Customer"), and mismatched URLs when you hover over links.

2

🚫 Don't Interact

Don't click any links, download attachments, or reply to the email. If you already clicked something, disconnect from the internet and scan your device for malware.

3

📋 Gather Evidence

Take screenshots of the email and save the full email headers (View → Show Original in Gmail). This evidence helps investigators track the scammer.

4

📧 Forward to Authorities

Use our tool to instantly send the phishing email to the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, FTC, and major email providers.

5

🗑️ Delete & Block

Mark the email as spam/phishing in your email client, then delete it. Block the sender if your email provider allows it.

6

🛡️ Warn Others

If the phishing email impersonates a company you use, notify them directly through their official website or customer service number (not the contact info in the email).

⚠️ What NOT to Do

📞 Direct Reporting Contacts

Anti-Phishing Working Group

reportphishing@apwg.org

Primary clearinghouse for phishing reports

FBI Internet Crime

ic3.gov

Report to federal law enforcement

FTC Consumer Sentinel

reportfraud.ftc.gov

Federal Trade Commission fraud reports

Google Phishing

reportphishing@gmail.com

Report Gmail/Google impersonation

Microsoft Phishing

phish@office365.microsoft.com

Report Outlook/Microsoft scams

PayPal Fraud

spoof@paypal.com

Report PayPal impersonation

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