I keep getting emails about 15million dollars being my inheritance in Singapore and Tokyo, I'm Scandinavian and German and none of my family has left the country. How do I report this? Is this a FBI matter??? What can I do?
2006-12-05 01:11:03 · 9 answers · asked by mrsbrandyhall 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Thanks all! The FBI office in Baltimore pointed me to IC3.gov. If you receive emails like I have, send a copy to this site!
2006-12-05 01:53:36 · update #1
to the interpol it is not a scam is a hoax
:> peace
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2006-12-08 16:56:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I got an email like that too ! I just report them as spam. I dont think the fbi will bother their is so much spam going on it crazy.
Its creepy getting mail like that though. I guess you could report it to the local police.
2006-12-05 01:21:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it's just the usual spam nigerian-type emails, there really isn't much you can do about them except ignore them unfortunately. Those emails are usually sent out by the 10's of thousands to random addresses using spammer's clever tricks, trojan horse viruses and open relay servers (basically internet servers with lax security measures) and are usually hard to trace.
2006-12-05 01:20:55 · answer #3 · answered by timmoi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Quite frankly the FBI really isn't concerned. They just don't care. You can report it to a couple of "watchdog" sites on the net, but it does no good at all. Just delete it.
2006-12-05 01:30:51 · answer #4 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact http://www.419.fcd@usss.treas.gov the next time you get a letter from these "people" and send it to them with the full header of the message, but they may or may
not be in contact with you personally. Send a short msg
with the forwarded e-mail with a notation: NO FIANCIAL
LOSS, and explain the problem to them. Thank You!!
2006-12-05 01:20:18 · answer #5 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the scammer is from nigeria. it is an advanced fee scam. the US secret service knows all about it, but there aren't any laws about that sort of thing in Nigeria. Nigerian government is unwilling to deal with the problem.
just delet it and move on. no sense in reporting it, but if you feel the need, report it to the US secret service!
2006-12-05 01:20:34 · answer #6 · answered by qncyguy21 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would try your local police or attorney general first.
2006-12-05 01:14:44 · answer #7 · answered by tcbtoday123 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your local FBI office.
if they ignore you, (which I doubt)
then www.interpol.com
2006-12-05 01:13:45 · answer #8 · answered by dorianalways 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to the CIA
Coach
2006-12-05 01:18:09 · answer #9 · answered by Thanks for the Yahoo Jacket 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋