So i got a 419 scam email from a live.co.uk address and being a good citizen 😛 , i decide to report it so that the email account shuts off. On searching through the internet i find that abuse has to be reported to abuse@passport dot com , anyway my email is bounced back.
Reporting-MTA: dns;blu0-omc3-s18.blu0.hotmail.com
Received-From-MTA: dns;BLU126-W37
Arrival-Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:14:58 -0700Final-Recipient: rfc822;abuse@passport.com
Action: failed
Status: 5.5.0
Diagnostic-Code: smtp;554 Transaction Failed (1022769381:189:-2147467259)
Microsoft is just helping these scammers if they abuse reporting tools are rejecting emails.I wonder how many people will be scammed just because Microsoft chose not to act responsibly.
I agree, I’ve not found a reliable way to report abuse of their @live accounts so scammers continue to use them.
Where I work we get lots of phishing e-mails with replies that go back to @live.com accounts which we’d like shut down if we could report them so action could be taken.
It probably won’t get fixed unless lawyers are involved but we can hope.