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Forward the suspicious email as an attachment to to soc@uwaterloo.ca, with the internet headers in the body of the email.

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Outlook Windows desktop client

  • Open the suspicious message ("message A") in a separate window by double-clicking it

  • In the top left corner of the the "message A" window click "File" then click "Properties"

  • Find the "Internet Headers" box, select all (Ctrl-A) then copy (Ctrl-C)

  • Close the the "Properties" panel panel

  • In the top right-click the "More Commands (...)" button then in the dropdown menu select "Forward as an attachment"

    • this will create a new message ("message B") with the suspicious message attached to it

      • paste (Ctrl-V) the internet headers into the body of of "message B"

      • send message B (with "message A" attached attached) to  to soc@uwaterloo.ca

        • Note: a real person will read message B. If you have comments you would like to include, you can put them in message B above the headers

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Outlook (new Windows desktop client and web app):

  • Hold "Control" on your keyboard and click on Open the suspicious message ("message A") in your inbox

  • Near the bottom of the drop-down menu select "View Source"

  • In the message source window, select all (Cmd-A) then copy (Cmd-C)

  • Close the message source window and select the desired message in your inbox by clicking it

  • In the top toolbar, under the "Home" tab click "Forward this message as attachment"

    • this will create a new message ("message B") with the suspicious message attached to it

      • paste (Cmd-V) the headers into the body of "message B"

      • send message B (with "message A" attached) to soc@uwaterloo.ca

        • Note: a real person will read message B. If you have comments you would like to include, you can put them in message B above the headers

Outlook (Web App):

  • Open the suspicious message ("message A") a new window by double-clicking it

  • Click the "More Actions (...)" button located to the right of the "Forward(->)" button in the message window

  • In the "More Actions (...)" menu, hover over over "View" then in the drop-down menu select select "View message details"

  • Select all (Ctrl-A) of Highlight all of the "Message details"  panel pane and copy (Ctrl-C)

  • Close the the "Message details" and message window

  • Click the blue blue "New message" button to create a new email email "message B"

    • Paste (Ctrl-V) the message details of of "message A" into the body of of "message B"

    • Click and drag "message A" from from your inbox list into the body of "message B"  to add as an attachment

    • Send message B (with "message A" attached) to soc@uwaterloo.ca

      • Note: a real person will read message B. If you have comments you would like to include, you can put them in message B above the headers

Outlook Mac desktop client

  • Hold "Control" on your keyboard and click on the suspicious message ("message A") in your inbox

  • Near the bottom of the drop-down menu select "View Source"

  • In the message source window, select all (Cmd-A) then copy (Cmd-C)

  • Close the message source window and select the desired message in your inbox by clicking it

  • In the top toolbar, under the "Home" tab click "Forward this message as attachment"

    • this will create a new message ("message B") with the suspicious message attached to it

      • paste (Cmd-V) the headers into the body of "message B"

      • send message B (with "message A"

       attached
      • attached)

       to 
      •  to soc@uwaterloo.ca

        • Note: a real person will read message B. If you have comments you would like to include, you can put them in message B above the headers

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