Phishing Email from Microsoft

Michael Montana 25 Reputation points
2026-09-16T19:25:59.6133333+00:00

How do I forward a scam email claiming to be from Microsoft. All the instructions online are designed for forwarding it if you are in outlook. This email is not on an outlook platform, and every scam or phishing email I found online claiming to be how to forward spam to Microsoft come back as undeliverable. This email I received is claiming that I have been charged $315. to renew Microsoft defender.

Microsoft 365 and Office | Microsoft 365 Defender | For home | Windows
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  1. EmilyS726 267.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-09-16T20:02:35.2166667+00:00

    Hello,

    Because of the nature of the email content, if you simply forward it, it can be easily flagged by any email recipient server as scam again.

    Try to print the email, and for printer, choose "print to PDF", then it will prompt you to save it as a PDF file.

    Then you can go here: https://msrc.microsoft.com/report/

    Scroll down and use the Outlook Spam option to report it with the PDF file.

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