What $#&$#(&#
Isn't the Internet wonderful. The criminals have found it and use it. The Internet has been around in some form or another for decades, but only since about 1996 has it taken off. In just 10 years they have infected it. I get at least 2-5 emails a week from Nigerian, please help me with my millions from a dead relative. They take great pride in scamming. In Nigeria its a point of national pride and they have songs about it.
The other thing that got me was Iran and the 15 Brit sailors, thankfully returned today! Last week the Iranian propagandist held up a little cheap Gramin GPS and said they where in our area. Hummmm using American satellites and American equip? I hate that.
America does all kinds of things (like invent the internet and GPS) and the world benefits. What do we get? Scam emails and Garmin GPS's used to claim dubious military actions.
Here are some places to report:
Local Police and State DA
http://www.fraud.org/
Western Union
Interpole
Also pull up the Full Header of the Email and find the IP address and do a look up. Go to this or any IP address look up site:
http://www.webyield.net/domainquery.html
It will give you the provider, provider address and country of origin. You can write the Net provider or contact the country of origin.
I tracked a few down, made all the reports. Not sure what happens. They got back to me but if you are not out money, than they really are not going to do much for you, but at least reporting may lead to their being caught.
I do know the Gamin 496 scam on ebay last year from eastern Europe was shut down. That involved Western Union, and I called them. They are very interested in fraud and take your call serious, if it involves using Western Union. They will arrest them right there, but the issue is they have "runners" pick-up the money with fake ID's. The main players never show up. They are clever and any way they can be caught, they try to counter.