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Where can I report a threatening e-mail that happens to be spam and a scam?

• this is the e-mail: Attention Dear. This is to acknowledge the receipt of your affirmation and to inform you of the latest development as regards the delivery of your consignment packaged by the Diplomat Mr. Edward Nweke. While scanning the package our cashtrac machine detected that the content of the package the Diplomat is delivering to you is cash worth the sum of Six Million Nine Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($6.900.000.00). It is a crime to bring in money (over US$10,000) into the United States of America without proper documentations and clearance because it shows that the money is either being smuggled into the country or the source of the funds is questionable. It is very important that all the relevant documentations needed to authenticate the source of the funds are provided to prove that the funds were earned legitimately in accordance with the PATRIOT ACT so that the FBI,IRS and Homeland Security will not come knocking at your door. In lieu of the above,It is therefore mandatory that you provide the International Delivery Permit Certificate (IDP) to prove that the funds have no links with any form of illegality. Being the beneficiary of the package,the International Delivery Permit Certificate(IDP) is the only way of confirming the source of the funds and it is your responsibility to provide the Certificate before the Diplomat will be allowed to complete the delivery To You Tomorrow. The Diplomat's Flight Details shows that he came from Benin Republic and we have contacted the relevant Authorities in that country to inquire about the process of getting the Certificate. We were informed that the beneficiary of the package will pay for the Certificate and the cost of this documentation $87 Dollars, You have to pay this fee directly to them via Western Union Money Transfer Or Money Gram in the name stated below: Receiver Name;; Mr. okafor sunday Address;;;Benin Republic City;;;;;;;;Cotonou Amount ;;; $87 Question;;; Present Year, Answer;;; 2012 After paying the Fee,send the following payment information 1. Sender's Name 2. MTCN Upon the receipt of the payment information,the Certificate will be made out in your name by the Cotonou Republic Du Benin Authority, scanned and send immediately via email to us so that the Diplomat will be allowed to complete the delivery of your package to you tomorrow. Failure to pay for this documentation is a confirmation that you wanted to smuggle the funds into the country which is a federal offense and a gross violation of the Patriot Act. It is therefore in your best interest that you pay for the Certificate as instructed immediately as the consequences of refusing is very severe. Yours Faithfully, Mr. Jayson Ahern Email ([email protected]) A G Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Where can I report an e-mail like this? I know I can send a thing to yahoo but isn't there anything else I can do or send this to someone else in order to stop someone from sending e-mails like this? I'm 100% positive that this is a scam so I'm not looking to be convinced that it's a scam but this e-mail is threatening as far as legal action is concered. I can't really focus. Just wondering if there's anything else I can do to stop a scam like this.

• Answer:

  Thanks for posting up the information on that scammer. Making a scammer's scam googlable on every scam-warner-anti-fraud-busting site you can find is a great way to slow that scammer down when a suspicious potential victim goes looking for information, finds your post containing the name the scammer is using, his email address, phone number and the emails themselves and then that potential victim does not become a scam victim because you took the time "get the word out". Thanks!! Wasting a scammer's time legally and safely is called "scambaiting". If you google that word, you will find sites where you can read scambaits, post up the emails and email addresses of scammers, post up a fake website, read up on how to alert a hosting company that they are hosting a fake website, ask questions and learn all about the hobby of scambaiting. Since that scammer intended to steal your money, he did not giving you his real life information. All you have is one of his fake names, one of his free email addresses, one of his fake stories and one of his paid-for-in-cash cell phone numbers. None of information is going to help your local law enforcement agency track down that anonymous scammer sitting in a cyber cafe half way around the world from you.