Where to report spam?
Jay Patrick Howard
server they routed their mail through.
Isn't there some sort of anti-fraud agency that pursues this sort of
thing? I'd like to do more to these people than just getting their
accounts yanked (since they can always find new ones).
Fred Goodwin, CMA
<83ljs5$lcr$1...@viper.cs.utexas.edu>:
The Federal Trade Commission will take your spam complaints:
If you would like to forward unsolicited commercial e-mail (spam) to
the Commission, please send it directly to U...@FTC.GOV without using
this form.
Jay Patrick Howard
: The Federal Trade Commission will take your spam complaints:
Excellent! This is exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. I'll CC
them when I report stuff to ISPs.
Bill Hawk
sends an anonymous report of the spam to identified sources and web page
hosts, and forwards responses to me.
The joy of getting a report of a spammer's account being shut down is
nonpareil.
Jay Patrick Howard <jho...@cs.utexas.edu> wrote in message
news:83ljs5$lcr$1...@viper.cs.utexas.edu...
jamie
>
>The Federal Trade Commission will take your spam complaints:
>
> the Commission, please send it directly to U...@FTC.GOV without using
> this form.
>
> http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/complaint.htm
There is also the US postal inspection service, fr...@uspis.gov
for spam involving US postal fraud, such as chain letter by US mail
money scams, as well as pyr...@ftc.gov
and The National Fraud Information center (nf...@internetMCI.com)
as well as this one that Dusty posted some time ago:
>The North American Securities Administrators Association has announced a
>new email address for reporting suspected Internet fraud
>(http://www.nasaa.org/whoweare/media/Cyberfraud%20email%20release.htm).
>The address to report suspected fraud is cyber...@nasaa.org.
>
>NASAA will then forward fraud reports directly to the appropriate state
>and federal enforcement agencies. Forward suspected fraud to them with
>full headers. Make sure you tell them what state you are reporting from.
>Include all available info on the source of the fraud.
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jamie (mj...@austin.rr.com)
"There's a seeker born every minute."
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jamie (mj...@austin.rr.com)
"There's a seeker born every minute."
Dennis Boline
<jho...@cs.utexas.edu> wrote:
:So far I've been reporting my spam to the offender's ISP, or
whichever
:server they routed their mail through.
:
:Isn't there some sort of anti-fraud agency that pursues this sort of
:thing? I'd like to do more to these people than just getting their
:accounts yanked (since they can always find new ones).
Jay,
Here is some more links to spam information which you requested
about.
Mail Abuse Prevaention System -> http://www.mail-abuse.org/
MAPS Relay SPAM Stopper -> http://www.mail-abuse.org/rss/
ORBS (Open Relay Behaviour-modification System)
-> http://www.orbs.org/
Dennis-
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Dennis Boline <dcbo...@no.spam.texas.net>
Technical Support Supervisor
Helpdesk Manager
Texas Networking, Inc. GigaNews - News Source
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Mark Shaw
>
> So far I've been reporting my spam to the offender's ISP, or whichever
> server they routed their mail through.
>
> Isn't there some sort of anti-fraud agency that pursues this sort of
> thing? I'd like to do more to these people than just getting their
> accounts yanked (since they can always find new ones).
All the Make Money Fast spam I get, I copy to the IRS at their contact
site: http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/help/email2.html
I include a brief explanation that I received this spam and thought the
IRS might be interested in the spammer's activities.
I make sure to notify the spammer that I have done this. I assure them
that the IRS is probably very interested in all the money they're
telling me they're making in their venture.
I don't know what happens when the IRS gets the spam, but it's
surprisingly effective at reducing repeat spammers' efforts. Some of
them e-mail me back to squirm and whine. Ah! :)
Laura