Is There Some International Organisation That I Can Report Internet/email Scams To?

[Ortun]

I am fed up of receiving email scams in my inbox, especially the ones from africa claiming that they owe me sooo much money and I need to send them sooo much personal details and money...is there an organisation that I can forward these scams to, and organisation with teeth that can persue and enforce law across international borders?

[Harimann]

IchtheosaurusRex said: 4 Forward them to [email protected] Nothing will happen, but it's the best you can do.You can also try the spamhaus project, http://www.spamhaus.org/ 63 months ago

[Zared]

Forward them to [email protected] Nothing will happen, but it's the best you can do.You can also try the spamhaus project, http://www.spamhaus.org/

[Donny]

goldie080 said: 3 Try this:http://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/sitemap.phpand for scams, send to:[email protected] is some info I have:If you have a question regarding an email you have received or the legitimacy of Internet activities, you have two options for assistance from FraudWatch International:1. Review our website which contains information on how you might protect yourself, and examples of fraudulent emails. Remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is! Our FAQ's page might be of some interest: http://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/faqs/index.shtml2. Become a FraudWatch International Community Member where you will receive priority answers to your questions within 48 hours, immediate access to our Community discussion forum, specific fraud alerts and our Community exclusive newsletter. Visit the membership sign up page at: http://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/community.htmIf you forward us fraudulent emails regularly, and do not want to receive this auto responder each time, please forward future emails to [email protected] Regards,Administration and Investigations TeamFraudWatch Internationalhttp://www.fraudwatchinternational.com 63 months ago

[hardouin]

Some information for you . . . http://www.ftc.gov/spam/  (this is the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's SPAM website)   I think you will find what you are looking for here!   If the contents of your SPAM are of an illegal nature, you should contact a consumer protection agency or consult a lawyer.  (I am an infrastructure security officer for a large organization, and that is my advice.)   I know - it is annoying!  We have approximately 10,000 employees and the percent of email that we get at the "door" of our organization is about 85%!  Amazing!  MeAndSawx 63 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

[Dax]

http://www.ftc.gov/spam/  (this is the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's SPAM website)   I think you will find what you are looking for here!   If the contents of your SPAM are of an illegal nature, you should contact a consumer protection agency or consult a lawyer.  (I am an infrastructure security officer for a large organization, and that is my advice.)   I know - it is annoying!  We have approximately 10,000 employees and the percent of email that we get at the "door" of our organization is about 85%!  Amazing! 

[davide]

There's good news and there's bad news.   The good news is that there are not international laws that govern things like email and spam.  Why is this good?  Well, we live in the US of A, and therefore are subject to US laws.  There isn't a world government, which means there aren't international laws.  I sure wouldn't want to live under laws that were designed for Suadi Arabia...   The bad news is that because there aren't international laws, stuff like email scams don't have any cross-border enforcement.  It's country by country.  And because most email scams are sent to millions of people and most people are smarter than to respond to them, mostly they're ignored.  They're very hard to solve, and the offense, while annoying, isn't considered a major crime.   Sort of like asking the international police to tell your neighbor to cut his grass.  It ain't going to happen.   Bottom line - get a spam filter.  No one in an official position cares.  

[Nerve]

No. No one has authority There's good news and there's bad news.   The good news is that there are not international laws that govern things like email and spam.  Why is this good?  Well, we live in the US of A, and therefore are subject to US laws.  There isn't a world government, which means there aren't international laws.  I sure wouldn't want to live under laws that were designed for Suadi Arabia...   The bad news is that because there aren't international laws, stuff like email scams don't have any cross-border enforcement.  It's country by country.  And because most email scams are sent to millions of people and most people are smarter than to respond to them, mostly they're ignored.  They're very hard to solve, and the offense, while annoying, isn't considered a major crime.   Sort of like asking the international police to tell your neighbor to cut his grass.  It ain't going to happen.   Bottom line - get a spam filter.  No one in an official position cares.   ElBanditoRoso 63 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

[gilmer]

ElBanditoRoso said: 2 OK, who manages it? Who pays for it? Under what authority? 63 months ago

[Kylen]

Try this:http://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/sitemap.phpand for scams, send to:[email protected] is some info I have:If you have a question regarding an email you have received or the legitimacy of Internet activities, you have two options for assistance from FraudWatch International:1. Review our website which contains information on how you might protect yourself, and examples of fraudulent emails. Remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is! Our FAQ's page might be of some interest: http://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/faqs/index.shtml2. Become a FraudWatch International Community Member where you will receive priority answers to your questions within 48 hours, immediate access to our Community discussion forum, specific fraud alerts and our Community exclusive newsletter. Visit the membership sign up page at: http://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/community.htmIf you forward us fraudulent emails regularly, and do not want to receive this auto responder each time, please forward future emails to [email protected] Regards,Administration and Investigations TeamFraudWatch Internationalhttp://www.fraudwatchinternational.com