Volume of junk mail getting through

In the last few days it appears there's a good deal more obvious junk mail getting through the Mail app's filtering process. Is there something I can do, or has something changed in the software? I checked, and my prefs are set correctly to filter junk & keep it out of my inbox.

My Apple Mail client is set up for:-
Account type ---- iCloud IMAP
Description--------iCloud
[email protected]@[email protected]
I have no rules for junk and this is the setup for Junk mail in the Mail preferences.
I do not know what to suggest, Has I said if I get 2 or 3 junk mails a month that is about it with those settings so Apple must be filtering my mail very well, why not yours I would suggest you contact them.
https://www.apple.com/uk/support/icloud/contact/

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