I have an email address through Hotmail. What is the different between junk\report phishing scam.?

When I delete messages that are crap, what should I put that under, junk or report phishing scam. I have no idea what the difference is.I have an email address through Hotmail. What is the different between junk\report phishing scam.?
Junk is just emails trying to sell you stuff. A phishing scam is an email that pretends to be from a bank, or another organisation, and gives you a link to 'verify security details', or similar. The link takes you to a site that looks identical to the site of the bank, but is infact owned by scammers, and entering your details will send it to them.I have an email address through Hotmail. What is the different between junk\report phishing scam.?
Your question isn't very clear, but I'll do my best to answer it for you.



Phishing (pronounced "fishing") means just that...someone is phishing for information, whether it be a credit card number, and account number, a pin number, etc. Phishing is literally combing a computer or network's files to obtain confidential information for (usually) clandestine or illegal purposes.



Junk mail is unsolicited mail you receive as a result of someone selling your email address to them for marketing purposes. It's really no different from the result you get from placing a business card in a fishbowl drawing at a restaurant or store.



The scams you are concerned about almost always direct you to click a hyperlink of some kind, which takes you to a site outside of email, where they hope you will be foolish enough to supply them with personal information, including bank account numbers, credit card numbers, etc.



The best defenses you can utilize to protect yourself are these: don't open email that is from a sender you don't recognize and NEVER click on a link that takes you outside of email.



Best of luck to you.