What to do about Phishing emails

As like most people I am getting fed up with Phishing emails pretending to come from BT etc etc and have no real idea if anyone is trying to do anything about it i have started to do something myself.
On some of them particularly those with "Buttons" you can see the routing to where the Trojan programme etc is located.
I now email the owner of the site either by any contact information given or by looking it up on "Whois" if it is shown as a numeric.
I then send them a polite message saying that it looks as though there site has been hacked and they are hosting a programme that is used for Phishing.
So far i have sent 10 and got 8 replies 4 said they have removed the link and the associated account 4 said that they have left the link but advised the local police regarding the fraud.
So far i have had replies from the Phillapines, China and Malaya.
I have no illusions that this will stop it but it might dent it more than seems to be dane by anyone else.

Like you, I'm more than cheesed off with daily, false, "BT" emails but there is another issue, which so far I can't see anybody has raised i.e....... probably like everyone else I've sent countless copies of fakes to "Phishing" and to "Abuse" at BT only to receive the same pointless standard answers, with no action, from BT.
It is just not good enough for BT to fob off these complaints from many, many people, by saying that they (BT) can only do something if fake emails come from BT source / customer ..... these fake emails are leading unsuspecting people to believe that they are genuine and in any other (business) circumstance, this could be treated as fraud or misrepresentation, and could be actioned on by law enforcement / Trading Standards.
Does BT not care that their Logos / Headings / personnel are all clearly being massively misrepresented, day after day to countless numbers of their clients, all with an end view to illegal activity being carried out by the sender ??????
How much longer before senior personnel get off their rear ends and do something, instead of cowering behind their standard replies and paying lip service only to this problem, a problem which has existed for years, and is now increasing due to BT changes, and to get their vast resources to take action on this criminal activity, which we, as high cost paying customers, are expected to endure ???

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