Do you get a lot of mail from scammers who are Phishing for your account information, passwords etc? I get a ton of this crap saying my accounts are showing suspicious activity, or there are bad charges. The do a pretty good job of imitating Ebay, Banks, and Investment companies.
First of all, if there really was a problem, the company would probably call, not email. If you you want to do your part in reporting these emails to the authorities that have the ability to actually track down these frauds and scammers, check out this lens on squidoo Phishing - Who Do I Tell?.
Jennifer Einstein provides several very comprehensive lists of resources related to phishing and spamming. For example:
- First and foremost, any and all phishing letters (and actually anything you suspect is a scam) should be emailed to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) at spam@uce.gov.
[Fun Fact = UCE stands for Unsolicited Commercial Email] - All internet scams - including phishing emails - can also be reported to ncua@ic3.gov.
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C).
IC3's mission is to serve as a vehicle to receive, develop, and refer criminal complaints regarding the rapidly expanding arena of cyber crime. The IC3 gives the victims of cyber crime a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of suspected criminal or civil violations. For law enforcement and regulatory agencies at the federal, state, local and international level, IC3 provides a central referral mechanism for complaints involving Internet related crimes.
- eBay
- forward suspicious mail to: spoof@ebay.com
- The IRS
- The IRS never initiates contact with taxpayers through email. Let me repeat that. The IRS NEVER initiates contact with taxpayers through email.
If you get anything that claims to be from them, send it to phishing@irs.gov. - PayPal
- forward suspicious email to: spoof@paypal.com
- National Credit Union Administration
- Suspicious email should be forwarded, in full, to Phishing@ncua.gov.
SEE LOTS MORE AT http://www.squidoo.com/reportphishing
Thanks Jennifer for a great resource!!!
