Resources for reporting a scam
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| Place report |  |
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First of all add
report with all details (story, letters and photos) to database of Stop-Scammers.com
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| Contact agency or web site | |
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You are obligatory to inform the agency,
dating service or web site where you found
the profile of the woman, where she is or
was placed, about the case in details or
where your data was placed and the woman
was the first to contact you. Ask them to
remove her profile.
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| Contact her email provider | |
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Contact the provider for the
email address she used or is using. The
best way to due this is to send an email
to several addresses at one time. So one
of these addresses comes through to the
provider of her e-mail. If your messages
did not get through they return to your
address. You should receive messages later
from your provider on which did not get
through. Make note of this so you know which
did get through. This way you will have
it for reference if you need it later. You
have to ask them to shut off her email
account and to reply you.
For example, she used such
address: myname@supermail.ru
You have to send letters to
the following versions of her address to
contact the provider:
abuse@supermail.ru
webmaster@supermail.ru
admin@supermail.ru
administarator@supermail.ru
support@supermail.ru
info@supermail.ru
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| Western Union
or Money Gram
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If you sent money via Western
Union or Money Gram you can contact them by email and
supply with the information.
You have to send a copy of
your receipt and remind you are not getting
your money back. It's just a report about
the scam for them and there's a hope that
it'll not going to happen one more time.
You can apply to Fraud Prevention. If they
put on their guard in anything in matter
of your letter, there's a chance that they
manage it right.
Western Union official web
site: http://www.westernunion.com
Money Gram official web
site: http://www.moneygram.com
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| FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
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There's a special fraud division
in FBI which handle complaits coming from
the web. Although their international activities
is limited but they may use the united forces
of nations to stop cons and scams from the
Internet and not only that.
FBI web site to register
an Internet Fraud: http://www.fbi.gov and http://www.ic3.gov
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| FTC International Internet Fraud
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It was formed by the FTC (Federal Trade
Commission). The aim of this organization
is resolving international disputes to allow
Internet users all around the world to place
their complaints at one location. It was
specially designed to apply cross-border,
international e-commerce disputes. The site
will receive the complaints and give them
to civil and criminal fraud fighters in
different countries. You may apply in English,
French, German or Spanish.
FTC International Internet
Fraud official web site: http://www.econsumer.gov
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| Her Embassy in your country
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You may contact the embassy of her native
country. You have to send a detailed letter
about the case and ask them to reply. It's
better to send a registered letter and include
a stamped envelope with your address on
it. Call them some time later after you
sent the letter.
Search addresses of embassies here: http://www.embassyworld.com
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| Your Embassy in her country
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You may contact your embassy in her native
country. Send a detailed letter about the
case and ask them to reply. You can call
them some time later after you sent the
letter. If it is a real person her data
will be placed in Black List and perhaps
if she goes abroad she will be turned down
in getting a visa to your country.
Search addresses of embassies here: http://www.embassyworld.com
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| Department of Justice | |
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Department of Justice site includes information
defining Internet fraud, what to do about
it, and where to go to get more information.
Department of Justice official web site:
http://www.usdoj.gov
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| Cybercrime | |
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Another Department of Justice site dedicated
to Internet crimes and fraud.
Cybercrime official web site: http://www.cybercrime.gov
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| Fraud Bureau | |
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Search for, or register, a complaint relating
to online vendors and online auctions, including
information and news about fraud on the
Internet.
Fraud Bureau official web site: http://www.fraudbureau.com
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| Better Business Bureau | |
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Check her to see if the Agency you are
dealing with might be listed. But this is
only for business inside the US. This is
far from a catch all but a good place to
start. This is also a place to complain
about an agency in general. Again if they
are in the USA.
Better Business Bureau official web site:
http://www.bbb.org
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| Rip-Off Reports | |
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| Junk eMail Resource
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