Whether you want to keep others from getting scammed or if
you have discovered yourself to be a victim of a scam, there are ways to handle
the situation. Internet scams are growing as more and more people are searching
for work at home opportunities with our current economy.
Depending on what type of internet scam has been done, there
are several options for reporting internet scams. In some cases you want to
report the business to your State Attorney General’s Office, the FBI or the
Better Business Bureau. There are even websites that are great guys and help
with identifying these corrupt online businesses. Work at home businesses is
the highest instance of internet scam on the web today.
If you are the victim of any phishing scams, make certain
you report these to the actual business that is being impersonated. Many of
these phishing scams are pretending to be financial or lending institutions. Reporting
them to the actual institution is generally enough to get them investigated,
stopped and prosecuted.
FBI-Federal Business
of Investigation
The FBI has an internet scam reporting division. The FBI
handles federal cases of internet scams and abuse. You can file a report for an
internet scam directly online.
The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) offers free
help and permits online reporting directly to their agency. You can only report
to the FBI if you have been defrauded and not if you suspect fraud.
State Attorney General
Office
Your state’s Attorney General Office is safe for reporting fraud
or suspected fraud. Contact their office
and follow instructions provided for filing a complaint and investigation into
a business or internet fraud. If they are unable to help you, they will let you
know what agency is correct for reporting the internet abuse and crime.
Better Business
Bureau (BBB)
The BBB is always a resource that you can use for shady or
disreputable businesses on the internet. Their online resource makes it easy
for reporting an online internet scam or one from a brick and mortar building.
Contact the local police
Believe it or not your local police department also has a
computer crimes division. You can report an internet or online scam to the
local police for investigation and resolution.
Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission or FTC investigates and prosecutes
internet scammers. They can be of great assistance and will generally identify
if there are other victims that have been scammed with the same business. There
are times when a class action lawsuit has resulted from scammers they have been
involved with.
Websites that are
motivated to identify scammers
There are white hat websites that identify and let the
public know about bad internet practices and fraud that is occurring with
internet scam business.
There are numerous sites that are “the good guys” and are
helping in the fight to identify and get rid of the bad guys that are ruining
the online and work at home business prospects that are genuine. These websites
will display bad deals and internet scams they have discovered.
If you run across any of these on the web that ask for money
or information from you these could potentially be internet scams themselves. Most
of the internet sites that help identify scammers do just that. They don’t try
and recruit you for a business deal.
These are numerous sources designed to protect you from internet
fraud and scams and sources to go to if you are a victim or suspect fraud. Use
these resources wisely and help shut these guys down.
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