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.
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.
For all those who want to report your particular cases, you may do so on other similar websites here and here.
GENERAL SCAM REPORTING
- Local, State or Provincial Police
- Post Office
- Phone Company
- Local Paper and Television Station
- Credit Card Company
- Bank
- Department of Consumer Affairs
- Secret Service
- FTC Online Complaint Form
- Internet Fraud Complaint Center
- National Consumers League’s Fraud Center
- FBI
- Better Business Bureau
- National Association of Attorneys General
- Consumer Protection United
- Finra
- Rip Off Report
- National White Collar Crime Center
SECURITIES AND STOCKS
ADVANCE FEE FRAUD, 419 or NIGERIAN SCAM
PHISHING, HARMFUL WEBISTES & SPAM
INTERNATIONAL FRAUD CENTERS AND ADDRESSES
UNITED KINGDOM
- Metropolitan Police
Specialist Crime OCU Fraud Squad
Wellington House, 67-73 Buckingham Gate,
London, SW1E 6BE
+44 (0) 20 7230 1220 - European Enforcement Team
Fleetbank House,
2-6 Salisbury Square,
London, EC4Y 8JX
e-mail euroteam@oft.gsi.gov.uk - BERR
- Advertising Standards Authority
- Serious Fraud Office – For serious and corporate frauds exceeding 1 million pounds
- Financial Services Authority
SWEDEN
- Finanspolisen
Rikskrim
Box 122 56
102 26 Stockholm
NETHERLANDS
- KLPD, Financial Crimes Unit,
Post Office Box 3016,
2700 KX Zoetermeer,
The Netherlands - meldpunt@spamvrij.nl
BELGIUM
- spam@privacy.fgov.be
BRAZIL
CANADA
CHINA
- spam@ccert.edu.cn
- abuse@anti-spam.cn
- Anti-spam CN
DENMARK
- spam@fs.dk
NEW ZEALAND
- Commerce Commission
- Consumers’ Institute of New Zealand, Inc.
- Financial Markets Authority
- NZ Serious Fraud Office
GERMANY
HONG KONG
- webmaster@ofta.gov.hk
KOREA
- spamcop@kisa.or.kr
- Korea Spam Response Center
MALAYSIA
NORWAY