Who do you report these people in Africa who are scammers that want you to recieve goods for them, to?

Question

I was contacted by a man and we had been chatting for some time and i was sick amd he asked if he could send me some chocolates as a get well thing and shortly there after he asked me to recieve pakages for him and he would arrange to have them picked up, and i initially said why dont you have them sent directly he said the postal service there wouldnt allow for that, I was totally unaware that this could be a scam I am so not like that so I told him i didnt know he sent 4 flat screen 19" touch screens to my adress and had jumbled my name up and i have them not opend and reported it to Dell< they are picking them up but they said that they couldn't do anything to them I told them I know its a scam and want themcharged they say they cant so what do I do?? Who do you contact to report such a thing?/ I get hit with these propositions at least 5 times a day can anything be done i am not wanting to have problems I have 3 kids who need their mother at home

Answer 1

that's bad, i guess you didn't see it at the time but he's using you as the scapegoat for a credit card fraud operation. often in card fraud the most important piece is an address to drop the illegally obtained items at without risk to the fraudster - in this case you are taking all the risk for him because you are at the address he is using.

sadly nigeria has a very lax attitude to such crimes, hence the insane amount of fraud that goes on, particularily on ebay with these people.

i would agree with the post above, and report it to:
http://www.ic3.gov/

BUT also, if this person is having someone come to your house to pick up these goods as you suggest, or would like to have someone come, they are of course also part of the crime BUT they are committing it on (presumably) american soil?

in this instance, you should contact your local police station, explain the problem and point out that american laws will be broken by the individual picking up the stolen/fraudlent goods from your house and what can you do to have him arrested if arrangements are made for him to come to your house.

it is worth reporting this to your local law enforcement ASAP just so they have it on record, then should you have any comeback in terms of these items delivered to your house, it's all on record as to what happened and it covers your back.

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Answer 2

Don't even click on the emails all scams. They will make money by selling your address to others. You are helping them stay in business. Never answer that junk. If you do you will receive 10 X more and they will stay in business and bother others. Engage brain first OK
They have been reported many times the local goverments theirs are in on it and receive bribes. Mark the emails as SPAM it will go to your bulk folder. If you are in U.S. then forward to: [e-mail]

Answer 3

http://www.ic3.gov/