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How To Report Fraud

Have you been scammed or fallen prey to a fraud and wondering what you can do about it and where to report your case? If you are a victim of unscrupulous scammers you may find below information to be of precious help. But first and foremost it needs to be pointed out that chances you will get your money back are not high. Many of these thieves are highly skilled and organized professionals using false identities and money transfer techniques that are basically not traceable.

You may email/call (depending on the medium you used to communicate before) the con artist yourself, but remain calm and professional. Say you will notify government officials and law enforcement and precisely name where and how you are going to report them if they don’t return stolen funds as soon as possible. Don’t expect too much, but there have been some rather rare cases where the con artist(s), mostly unexperienced, have put their tail between legs and returned the stolen money, out of fear. Before you proceed with looking for a resource from the list most suitable for you, please read the topic scamming the scammed.

It is only by the accumulated response of angry victims that authorities will have the incentive to devote resources, such as forensic accountants to trace the money, and other costly manpower, to a particular operation. Don’t forget that having your name recorded increases the chance of seeing some monetary recovery down the road, so be sure to report your case where ever you can. To ensure that your report is as effective as possible you should do a bit of investigative work on the perpetrator before notifying anyone.

SUBMIT YOUR STORY

Reach out to thousands of potential readers by filling a complaint. If you write in detail about how you got scammed, what you did and did not do, we may publish your story on this website for the world to see. Or if the nature of your scam falls into a topic you see in our website navigation already, leave a comment and explain your situation. Your past experiences can help prevent dozens of potential scams. To protect your finances, identity and in some cases, life, you will generally also want to report the scam directly to another specific agency. Be sure to contact your bank or credit card company if you have given out credit card numbers, bank account information or any other sensitive information. If you have an official address, website or telephone number you see missing here, please contact us and we will add it to the list below. Go ahead now and find an agency you can contact for your particular case.

GENERAL SCAM REPORTING

SECURITIES AND STOCKS

ADVANCE FEE FRAUD, 419 or NIGERIAN SCAM

PHISHING, HARMFUL WEBISTES & SPAM

INTERNATIONAL FRAUD CENTERS AND ADDRESSES

UNITED KINGDOM

SWEDEN

  • Finanspolisen
    Rikskrim
    Box 122 56
    102 26 Stockholm

NETHERLANDS

  • KLPD, Financial Crimes Unit,
    Post Office Box 3016,
    2700 KX Zoetermeer,
    The Netherlands
  • Netherlands Embassy Form
  • meldpunt@spamvrij.nl

BELGIUM

  • spam@privacy.fgov.be

BRAZIL

CANADA

CHINA

DENMARK

  • spam@fs.dk

NEW ZEALAND

GERMANY

HONG KONG

  • webmaster@ofta.gov.hk

KOREA

MALAYSIA

NORWAY