How do I report spam or phishing email?

Question

How do I report Spam or Phishing email?

Context

Gmail is accessed through a web browser.

Answer

First, you need to identify the email message as either Spam Or Phishing.  Then it is essential that you report it following the instructions below to provide both Google and ND systems with the technical details that can be utilized to reduce future messages of this type:

Is the email Spam?

Spam is unwanted advertising for a product or service. It poses no danger. It's just annoying.

Here's how you report spam:

1. Open the message you'd like to report.
2. Click the spam button  in the toolbar above the message. 
   
   
   

This lets Google know the message is Spam. Once a message has been reported by multiple users, Google will block the sender.

Is the email Phishing?

Phishing emails ask you to supply personal information like passwords or credit card numbers or they may ask you to click on a link. The emails often appear to be from an authority at Notre Dame but request that you to do something out of the ordinary like purchase gift cards or ignore normal procedures. You should never respond to these emails. Report them to Google like this:

1. Open the email you'd like to report.
2. At the top-right corner of the message, click the 3 stacked dots
3. Select Report Phishing. 
   

That brings up the menu below..

Once you click "Report Phishing" Google and Notre Dame OIT will be notified so we can prevent further emails from this sender. 

For additional information visit the Phishing Scams FAQ article.