How do I report a fraudulent website?

Question

The fraud is perpetuated via email using the address "Nicholas Goodwin"
The email sent solicits complete confidentiality in determining the recipient's entitlement to part, or all, of an "ancestor's" assets as his/her surviving next-of-kin.
The website appears professional, although further investigation illustrates that the street address is non-existent, the phone number listed does not exist, the links to Dun & Bradstreet, for authenticity of the "firm's credentials" do not activate.
And, again, complete confidentiality is requested.
Whilst this appears to be a 'professional' website - accessed at www.192.com it is a fraudulent site.

Answer 1

You could try www.ftc.gov and www.fbi.gov or the user's ISP provider (if you can figure it out, many times is routed through another unsuspecting victims address); however, these scams are common and it is a good case of "if it seems too good to be true, then it probably is". It sounds like you are wise and took appropropriate steps to check out the sender prior to disclosing any personal information.

The sad fact that unless the same entitiy is reported repeatedly, the government has bigger fish to fry with homeland security; best advice in dealing with anything on internet, deal with only established companies or people you know, otherwise, let the buyer or reader beware.

Answer 2

Good god. If this is the first one you got, then you better brace yourself. I get a couple of these every day that make it past my spam filter, and that thing traps hundreds more. These things are all over the place and they sprout up like weeds; pull up one and two more take its place.

Just delete them. They will keep sending these things until someone falls for it, and if they get shut down they make more. The entire country of Nigeria is nothing more than one big scam operation.

Local law enforcement is not interested in these things because they are international and located in some far-away country; the local cops would rather sit in a parking lot in their squad cars chewing donuts and sucking coffee. You could try going to the FTC website, you can get some info there.

Answer 3

paying for and promoting standards or the dep. of commerce would desire to help additionally talk to a solicitor, if the paying for and promoting standars do not do sufficient then take the difficulty up with the government that's the scottish governments branch of commerce and tell them on the subject of the faux enterprise provide them information of the internet internet site it might desire to would desire to be a letter your chum has too deliver, additionally get a solicitors suggestion

Answer 4

call the policy or go to www.google.com and type in reporting a fraudulent website :P