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If you wish to fight spam on your own here are some links. http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/locators/find-is.html Chain letters - United States Postal Inspection Service Office Locator bbroder@ftc.gov Consumer Fraud - US Federal Trade Commission http://www.cybercops.org/ CyberCop Complaint Desk - for internet consumers http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/complaint.htm Federal Trade Commission Fraud and Spam Complaint Form https://www.ifccfbi.gov/cf1.asp File a complaint with the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) - FBI uce@ftc.gov - Forward Unsolicited Commercial E-mail (spam) to the Federal Trade Commission here http://www.FlimFlam.com/ FlimFlam.com - Deceptive or fraudulent marketing schemes may be http://www.FlimFlam.com/feedback.htm submitted to FlimFlam dot Com https://www.ftc.gov/ftc/complaint.htm FTC Consumer Protection Complaint Form - report fraud to more than 240 law enforcement agencies using one simple form https://www.ftc.gov/ftc/idtheftform.htm FTC Identity Theft Complaint Form Sexual Explotation of Children - Affiliated with the FBI, U.S. Customs, U.S.P.S (Funded by U.S. Gov.) http://www.missingkids.org/cgi-bin/dbmlparser.exe?DBMLFILE=reportform.dbml Report Child Prostitution http://www.missingkids.org/cgi-bin/dbmlparser.exe?DBMLFILE=reportform.dbml Report Child-Sex Tourism http://www.missingkids.org/cgi-bin/dbmlparser.exe?DBMLFILE=reportform.dbml Report Child Sexual Molestation (not in the family) http://www.missingkids.org/cgi-bin/dbmlparser.exe?DBMLFILE=reportform.dbml Report Online Enticement of Children For Sexual Acts http://www.missingkids.org/cgi-bin/dbmlparser.exe?DBMLFILE=reportform.dbml Report Possession, Manufacture, and Distribution of Child Pornography nfic@internetmci.com Internet Fraud Watch E-Mail (NFIC) enforcement@sec.gov Investment Fraud & Stock Offers - Securities and Exchange Commission pyramid@ftc.gov MLM stuff - Phone Card Distributorships, Etc. - Federal Trade Commission http://www.alexanderlaw.com/nccc/ National Consumer Complaint Center (The) http://www.fraud.org/info/repoform.htm National Fraud Information Center - Online Incident Report Form Piracy of Software http://www.bsa.org/index.html Business Software Alliance - http://www.nopiracy.com/ Anit-Piracy Information (No Piracy) - http://www.nopiracy.com/whistle/intro_c.html Complaint Form http://www.spa.org/piracy/report.htm Pirated Software Online Report Form - http://www.spa.org/ Software Publishers Association piracy@spa.org Solicitations & Offers of Pirated Software - http://www.spa.org/ Software Publishers Association http://www.junkemail.org/scamspam/ Scam Spam Reporting Page - Report Fraud to the Junkmail.org Spam uce@ftc.gov Send SPAM Complaints to The Federal Trade Commission senator_torricelli@torricelli.senate.gov Support Anti-Spam Legislation by writing to U.S. Senator Robert Torricelli commercialemail@murkowski.senate.gov Support Anti-Spam Legislation by writing to U.S. Senator Frank Murkowski net-abuse@nocs.insp.irs.gov To report MMF senders as possible tax cheats - http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/ Internal Revenue Service http://www.webguardian.com/report.html Webguardian - For complaints about any internet commercial transaction Generel Company Complaints http://www.bbb.org/complaints/file.html Better Business Bureau - How to File a Complaint Online http://webbbox.com/ webBbox - Bad, Better & Best Businesses Bulletin Board http://www.complainusa.com/ Complainusa.com - Share your complaints with the world Scams and Frauds https://www.ifccfbi.gov/ Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) - Federal Bureaus of Investigation & National White Collar Crime Center http://www.nasaa.org/investoredu/investoralerts/ethnicaffinity.html Affinity Fraud: Beware of Swindlers Who Claim Loyalty to Your Group http://www.bbb.org/ Better Business Bureau Central Web Server for U.S. and Canada http://www.usps.gov/websites/depart/inspect/chainlet.htm Chain Letters - United States Postal Inspection Service http://www.cbsc.org/fedbis/bis/1982.html Competition Act - Pyramid Selling and Multi-Level Marketing Schemes (Canada) http://www.missingkids.com/cybertip/ncmec_default_cybertip.htm Consumer Fraud Alert Network - Professional Con Man / Scam Artist Alert http://www.cybercops.org/ CyberCop - Keeping Cyberspace safe for consumers http://www.missingkids.com/cybertip/ CyberTipline for complaints about the sexual exploitation of children http://www.missingkids.com/html/ncmec_default_ec_index.html Exploited Child Unit http://www.fbi.gov/programs/compcrim.htm Federal Bureau of Investigation - FBI's National Computer Crime Squad (NCCS) http://www.fbi.gov/ Federal Bureau of Investigation http://www.fbi.gov/fo/fo.htm FBI Field Offices http://www.fbi.gov/faq/fbifaq.htm FBI FAQ - Fraud & Obscenity http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/doznalrt.htm FTC Names Its Dirty Dozen:12 Scams Most Likely to Arrive Via Bulk Email http://207.201.165.236/consumers.com/html/15ways.html Fifteen Ways to Spot internet Scams http://www.scambusters.org/ Internet ScamBusters - Publication On Internet Fraud http://www.worldusa.com/scamalert/scams.htm Home Business Scam Alert Network http://www.consumers.com/ Internet Advocacy Center - California Alliance For Consumer Protection http://www.fraud.org/ Internet Fraud Watch - National Fraud Info. Center - http://www.natlconsumersleague.org/ National Consumer League http://www.homefair.com/homefair/ghandi.html Fast Money"--Start a multi-level marketing scam http://advocacy-net.com/mlmalertmks.htm MLM Alerts: On the Net http://dcn.davis.ca.us/~btcarrol/skeptic/mlm.html Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) - An intrinsically flawed system of marketing http://www.missingkids.com/ National Center for Missing and Exploited Children http://www.natlconsumersleague.org/ National Consumers League http://dcn.davis.ca.us/~btcarrol/skeptic/pyramid.html Pyramid Schemes, Chain Letters and Ponzi Schemes http://advocacy-net.com/scammks.htm SCAMS: On the Net nospam.htm Spam: How to Stop it - Actions you can take to reduce your spam intake http://www.usps.gov/websites/depart/inspect/swepmenu.htm Sweepstakes, Lottery, & Chain Letter Fraud - United States Postal Inspection Service http://www.natlconsumersleague.org/ifwmail.htm Top Ten Subjects of Reports to Internet Fraud Watch 1997 http://www.falc.com/1a-group/scams/scams.htm Traps and Scams - Financial Traps & Scams http://www.webguardian.com/ Webguardian Internet Watchdog Website - Internet Commerce Problems http://www.vandruff.com/mlm.html What's Wrong with Multi-Level Marketing? 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