Can you stop "phishing?"

I receive around 60 spams a day, I kid you not! My email account has a spam filter so the majority of the nuisance mail goes straight into it and automatically gets deleted very month or so; any that 'sneak' through I create filters for, this way I feel I have some kind of control over my emails considering I receive so much c**p from sites I have registered with in the past. I used to receive a regular one from PayPal requiring my bank details for 'security purposes; it was a scam of course because the email addressed me as "dear customer' PayPal would always address clients by their name and as far as I know PayPal and banks never, ever ask for personal details via email. Can you create a filter to stop it coming through in the future?

As I am aware, if you are using hotmail there is a button you can press that says "report phishing scam". You could use that if you use hotmail. Personally, I've never really had many spam letters wanting details or anything.

well, fortunately it haven't happened to me yet... it will be very annoying if it does as i don't like people phishing into my bank account details... i will report it to the bank as soon as i can if i were in your position and let the bank do something to help me... but if you say that you don't even have a commonwealth bank account, then unfortunately nothing you can do to stop it... so sorry to hear that... hopefully other members here can give you a better solution... good luck... take care and have a nice day...

You may have an option to block specific email, or just report spam. I report spam and it goes directly to my spam box, stress free option...

I'm sorry to say that once a phisherman has a line into your eMailbox, there is no way to get him out. My Yahoo mail is a mess now because of the money making opportunities I started seeking out a couple of years ago. I just grab the ones from the clubs that I am still active on (including myLot). Different mail applications have different ways of fighting these criminals. Unfortunately reporting to the authorities is not one of them. I would love to have a [ILLEGAL ACTIVITY] as well as a [JUNK] button, the difference being automatically having the crime reported to authorities, but alas, the enforcement would probably be overwhelmed. What mail application do you use? If you can filter text and specify "Commonwealth Bank" you can move it directly to the Trash, or to any other folder if you want to look at it first to verify.

Sorry, I can't help but to smile at this because I have the exact same reaction to phishing, spamming and what else the word is for these people. They totally are a wastage of bandwidth, least to say having to delete countless of the emails. And what's up with Commonwealth Bank.... Maybe you can send one of my Mafia from Mafia Wars to look into this matter. Alright, just kidding there. Normally what I would do is that I would just report them as junk and if they still come to my inbox, I would just delete them on a certain day. Like Mondays and Wednesdays are for spamming clearance days and I will dedicate a bit of my extra time to delete them. Otherwise, I think if you are still irritated by their existence, to change email address. I think there will be never ending to this problem. But I notice for those Outlook Express type of email programs, I used to use this and rarely see spam emails. But it's been awhile since I've used this kind of program so I do not know how it is now.