Microsoft Teams Removed Ability to Report Phishing Spam Accounts
Microsoft Teams users are receiving near-daily chat requests from spam and phishing accounts, but a recent change removed the option to report these accounts as spam or fraud, leaving only a block option available and no way to flag abuse for enforcement.
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