What happens when you report an email as phishing? Does it help prevent future scams?
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What happens when you report an email as phishing? Does it help prevent future scams?
When you report an email as phishing, it alerts the email service provider or spam filter to mark similar emails as suspicious or potentially harmful. This helps in preventing future scams by improving the detection capabilities of the system, making it more likely to redirect such emails to the spam folder or block them altogether. Reporting phishing emails also contributes to the overall effort of identifying and shutting down phishing campaigns, helping protect more users from falling victim to such scams.