Phish Alert Reporting Instructions

The user should notice a button in your Outlook client ribbon (in the upper right):

When a user submits suspicious emails to the Phish Alert system, the system determines whether it’s Spam, Phishing (or a virus or fraud), etc.


You may begin using Phish Alert once it shows up.


A user should submit the email to Phish Alert when concerned about the nature of an incoming email. The button is also found under the … section of the Outlook app on mobile devices.

Once pressed, the user is prompted to send it to Phish Alert:

The email is moved to quarantine (out of the user’s mailbox) for review once the user submits the suspicious email.
It may take a few minutes for the program to review the email and make a determination. If found malicious, the user will receive an email similar to the one shown below:

Many are found to be SPAM. The user will receive an email similar to this:

Occasionally the user will submit something that isn’t malicious or spam, and it will return something similar to this:

Please send emails to Phish Alert if you suspect it to be phishing or some type of fraud.