Top Document: Email Abuse Resource List Previous Document: 5. Tools Next Document: 7. Abuse Addresses of Major Service Providers See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge 6a. US Postal Service The US Postal Inspection service office locator <http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/locators/find-is.html> Information on chain letters/mail fraud <http://www.usps.gov/websites/depart/inspect/chainlet.htm> <http://www.usps.gov/websites/depart/inspect/usc18/mailfr.htm> 6b. Electronic Software Publishing Corporation <http://www.elsop.com/wrc/complain.htm> A site maintained by the Electronic Software Publishing Corporation, listing many addresses for reporting possible fraud and scams. Here is a sample: <nfic@internetmci.com> Internet Fraud Center - general frauds <pyramid@ftc.gov> MLM and pyramid scheme stuff - phone card distributorships, etc. 6c. National Fraud Information Center <http://www.fraud.org> This is a site run by the National Consumers League, FTC and Association of State Attorneys General. The site has tips to avoid fraud, daily reports of Internet scams and contact info. NFIC is a National clearing house to report scams which they forward to appropriate agencies. 6d. Federal Trade Commission <http://www.ftc.gov> The US FTC also takes fraud reports at consumerline@ftc.gov fraud@ftc.gov and reports of UCE at uce@ftc.gov 6e. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement@sec.gov The SEC is very particular about how folks solicit to sell shares. There is also a snail-mail address: John Reed Stark Special Counsel for Internet Projects Mail Stop 4-5 450 Fifth Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 6f. U.S. Consumer Gateway <http://www.consumer.gov> "Your Link to Federal Consumer Information". A cooperative effort of the FTC, Securities and Exchange Commission, Food and Drug Administration, Consumer Product Safety Commission and National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. 6g. Pennsylvania Attorney General To file a formal complaint about Cyberpromo, or any other Pennsylvania- based junk emailer, with the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office, use the form at <http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/contact/index.html> As always, print, sign and snail-mail your complaints! User Contributions:Top Document: Email Abuse Resource List Previous Document: 5. Tools Next Document: 7. Abuse Addresses of Major Service Providers Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: emailfaq@aol.com
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