Submit suspected Phishing Emails with the Phish Alert Button
Report suspected phishing emails straight from your M365 inbox.
In this article, you'll find
- How to report suspected phishing emails with the Phish Alert Button
- An end-user guide to reporting suspected phishing emails with the Phish Alert Button
How to report suspected phishing emails with the Phish Alert Button
1. Click the Phish Alert Button
On Outlook Desktop
The Phish Alert Button is displayed in the ribbon in Outlook Desktop.
If the Phish Alert Button is not showing on the ribbon, click on All Apps and click on the Phish Alert Button from the pop-up list.
Clicking the button will open a task pane to start the submission process.
On Outlook Web and on New Outlook
The icon for the Phish Alert Button will appear in the actions menu on each email message.
If the Phish Alert Button is not in the actions menu, click on the Apps icon in the actions menu of the email message and select it from the dropdown list.
2. Confirm that you want to submit the email as a suspected phishing attempt
Once you click the button, the submission process will begin.
3. You will now be congratulated if the email was from a simulation.
Otherwise, the email is treated as an actual suspected phishing email. A notification will be sent to the email addresses you specified under Forwarded Email Recipients if Forward Suspected Phishing Emails is enabled. This notification will contain a summary of the suspected phishing email. It will also have an EML file attachment containing a reproduction of the original email if Include Suspected Email as EML file attachment is enabled.