Phishing classed as ordinary spam
Phishing emails get filed as simple spam or abuse, so the reports do not reflect the real threat.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
7 public reports · first reported 19 April 2018 · last reported 7 June 2024
What's going wrong
Several Firefox users say that phishing messages they report are sorted as simple spam, abuse, or even a bank notification.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 7 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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