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Help! Where can u send obviously fraudulent e-mails to be investigated?

This e-mail is a little different than most. Most of us aren't naive enough to see them as real but this one could convince someone that it was authentic. Is there a place where we can forward them to be checked out in some way. I usually spam them but whoever wrote this needs to be stopped.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Send the fraudulent messages to the following address: spam@uce.gov

    Fraudulent messages that originate from Y! accounts should be sent to:

    phishing@cc.yahoo-inc.com

    mail-spoof@cc.yahoo-inc.com

  • 1 decade ago

    I got one of the REALLY good scam emails just recently... 99% of the time, the emails are so poorly done, I can't imagine WHY anyone of even average intelligence would fall for them... THIS one however was stunning! The Nigerians are learning... finally...

    Unfortunately, until you're stupid enough to fall for one of these scams, and actually loose money, no one is going to DO anything... And even after you are ripped off, there's nothing that really can be done... When I get one, I play with the scammers for a while, and post it on http://www.419legal.org/

    Since the governments of any and all countries are not interested in actually DOING anything about this... since Western Union continues to be the medium of choice (and don't care, since they have their cut), wasting the scammers most valuable asset, their time, is the best I can do...

  • 1 decade ago

    Not really..unless it's a directed attack (against ebay, paypal, etc...) there isn't really anyplace/person to send it...even sending it to the company just get's an automated response on how to recognize spam...

  • 1 decade ago

    i know what you mean about there being nowhere to report to. i'm getting spam from my e-mail address (that i don't send). i had to make a new e-mail address to get it to stop, and i had the old one for 7 years.

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    4 years ago

    identity robbery. "(a million) Your comprehensive call: (2) telephone, Fax and cellular huge variety: (3) business enterprise call, abode address: (4) occupation, Age and Marital status: (5) next Of kinfolk." they are able to apply that to then get each and every variety of suggestions approximately you and then get entry to on your money. they are able to apply it to open each and every variety of issues on your call, and you wont even understand that its occurring till too previous due.

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