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THE VERY PARTIAL LIST OF PHISHER / SCAMMERS
HOW TO REPORT INTERNET FRAUD AND SCAMS
HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF / HOW TO REPORT ATTEMPTS OF THESE CRIMES
If the scam came by snail-mail or e-Mail, file a FRAUD REPORT with the US Post office: https://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/MailFraudComplaint.htm
See: www.FakeChecks.org - to learn how to spot scams involving fake checks mailed to you.
See: http://www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com - for a great site exposing all sorts of fraud.
The Phishers of Men want to clone your identity and access your bank accounts. Don't answer those "Bank Security Update" or "Paypal Account Verification" e-mails, and don't give out personal information to "lottery" fraudsters!
Don't E-mail copies of your handwriting or signature. If you have already done so, you should talk to your bank / credit card company as soon as possible and explain that you are a potential fraud target.
You should forward a copy of any suspicious E-mail from PayPal™ that asks you to "verify" a bank account, or asks you for a bank account number, password, Social Security Number, or mother's maiden name to: spoof@PayPal/com If the communication comes from eBay, then forward it to" spoof@ebay.com
Report the scammer / spammer to their eMail service provider. Just FORWARD the email to the provider by using abuse@<name of provider> i.e. abuse@aol.com or abuse@gmail.com Most eMail providers have "catch-all" eMail accounts that receive any email directed at their domain. Please note that some spammers try to circumvent this process by having you "contact my secretary" who is at a separate eMail account than the one being used to send you the message. This is done for TWO reasons, primarily: 1) The email account used to send you the message is a hijacked eMail client owned by an innocent party who has a Trojan on his / her PC that the scammer is using to send the eMails with. 2) Most reports of abuse will report the sending eMail address, which leaves the "secretary" eMail address unreported. If you notice this, report BOTH the sending eMail address AND the "secretary" eMail address to their respective eMail providers in addition to reporting them to law enforcement.
Think the Better Business Bureau protects you? BBB is BOUGHT AND PAID FOR – Their reports are unreliable, and often based on whether a business is a paying member of the BBB.
http://www.data-wales.co.uk/nigerian.htm Data Wales – fraud advisory http://www.lifelock.com – Protect yourself from scams http://ripoffreport.com Rip-Off Report – watchdog
Getting unsolicited E-mail from Nigeria? See: http://www.data-wales.co.uk/nigerian.htm - List of known scams from Nigeria. http://www.data-wales.co.uk/nigerian_lottery.htm - Nigerian Lottery scam.
For many years Nigerian criminals have targeted people around the world with stories about liberating millions of dollars, once the property of a toppled dictator or a deceased expatriate. They used to fax but they have now discovered e-mail, and can reach more potential marks. As ridiculous as these approaches seem, innocent (STUPID) people occasionally fall for them. They sometimes end up meeting a Nigerian in a plush hotel. He explains that, in order to liberate the supposed millions, the mark must pay a commission fee up front. Needless to say, the Nigerian uses a false identity and the commission fee is lost forever. American sources warn of the danger of accepting any invitation to visit Nigeria offered by these villains. They have been known to manufacture exit problems so that the mark can be pressured to hand over money as a condition of being allowed to leave Nigeria. Never let these people have your bank account and personal contact details. Do not send copies of your passport and signature etc. As well as trying to fool you into paying an advance fee, they will use your personal information to clone your identity and try to access your accounts (or use your identity in a credit card fraud).
What can you do to make life difficult for the criminals? It would be good to get their e-mail accounts suspended. Just take a look at the "reply to" address within the scam mail. This would be something like mrsmabo@latinmail.com (from a 419 mail of Nov. '04). Forward the junk to the service provider, with Internet headers, using the address abuse@latinmail.com (for this example). In the subject line, put "criminal abuse" and the offending e-mail address. Ask the service provider to immediately suspend the abuser's mail account. Also notice if a different email address is used or referenced in the text of the message as a "contact" or "secretary". Forward the scam email to THAT eMail service provider as well.
On the subject of ISPs, I believe that those who do not shut down these accounts, once they have been made aware of criminal activity, share in the guilt. Readers should be aware of zwallet.com, an ISP registered in the Philippines and which seems to extend mail services to many criminals. Latinmail.com is also popular with the criminals.
As of May '06, please be suspicious of any mail with a virgilio.it or katamail.com address.
If you need to send law enforcement suspicious mail for examination, please be sure to forward it complete with its Internet headers. If you are not sure how to do this, check the help file of your mail software; see the note below or visit www.haltabuse.org/help/headers/ for instructions on revealing headers in e-mail. Also forward the forged documents that accompany these scams. Note: It is not always possible to respond to reports of fraud mail, but appropriate action is always taken.
MAIL HEADERS: You will not normally see full headers when you read your mail but these can be important in investigating Internet fraud.
Microsoft Outlook Express for Windows: Right click on the message and select Properties. Choose the Details tab and select the Message Source Button. Copy the headers and send them along with the body of the email.
Microsoft Outlook: Right-Click the message and select Options. You should see a pop up window "Message options" or similar. Notice the box called Internet headers near the bottom of the window. This box contains the full headers. To extract the contents, put your mouse pointer in the box and right-click then choose Select All. All the text in the box will then be highlighted. Right-click in the box again and this time choose Copy to copy the selected contents to the clipboard. You can then paste the full headers to an email you may be forwarding. .
Netscape Messenger 4.7 - 6: Open the email; go to the view menu; pull the 'Headers' menu over and click on 'all'. Highlight the message and headers displayed in the email and copy them into the email you send to us.
Netscape Messenger 6.2 and higher: Go to Netscape Messenger Inbox. Select View - Headers - All. Highlight the message and headers displayed in the email and copy them into the email you send to us.
Incredimail: In your mail program double click the email you would like to view, when it is open click on the FILE menu and choose PROPERTIES. When in the properties menu click on the DETAILS tab to view the Full Headers.
Pegasus: Users of the excellent Pegasus for Windows will probably not need me to remind them of the Raw View tab and the option to include headers in the Reply and Forward dialogues.
WEB MAIL HEADERS Yahoo web mail: First you must turn on "Full Headers". From your Yahoo! mail account, click on "Mail Preference". Scroll down the page to "Message Headers" and click on the "all" radio button. Save your preferences at the bottom of the page.
Hotmail: First, configure your options: On the upper right "Options | Help" links, click on "Options." Click on the "Mail Display Settings" link, find the item "Message Headers." Choose "Advanced" and click the "OK" button.
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