# Is there anyone to report this scam to? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 28, 2002, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-to-report-this-scam-to/100570 "2002-03-28T15:36:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-to-report-this-scam-to/100570/1 "2002-03-28T15:36:13Z")
I actually got an e-mail today from one of those Nigerian scam artist. You’ve all heard this scam, it’s a pigeon drop. Anyway, I got the same thing sent to my fax machine at work last week. I kept it. These type of things really piss me off. They are 100% scam! Is there anyone specific I can report the e-mail to? I’m not so sure anything will be done about it, but hey, if anyone is ever prosecuted the more complaints the better the case. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-to-report-this-scam-to/100570/2 "2002-03-28T15:48:32Z")
I am pretty sure it’s the FBI. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-to-report-this-scam-to/100570/3 "2002-03-28T16:43:27Z")
Maybe the Secret Service? [http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/nigeria.htm](http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/nigeria.htm) I’m sure that law enforcement already has their hands full with suckers who have actually fallen for it. They wouldn’t have the time or resources to chase down the shadowy perpetrators of every Nigerian scam letter that’s sent out! If it arrived by email, you could simply report it as spam to “abuse” at the domain the mail was sent from. ---
**Author:** ![Hokienautic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@Hokienautic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokienautic)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-to-report-this-scam-to/100570/4 "2002-03-28T16:53:55Z")
I think the best thing to do is just laugh. And to do that, check out the Web site below by some guy who took the guy sending them for a ride. lol. [http://www.buddyweiserman.com/](http://www.buddyweiserman.com/) ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-to-report-this-scam-to/100570/5 "2002-03-28T18:04:56Z")
I got several of those emails from multiple email addresses within a couple of weeks and then saw a small item in the Washington Post about where to report it. It was some federal law enforcement agency, I don’t remember which one. I did, and never got even an acknolwedgement. ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-to-report-this-scam-to/100570/6 "2002-03-28T19:21:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hokienautic \* > \*\*I think the best thing to do is just laugh. > > And to do that, check out the Web site below by some guy who took the guy sending them for a ride. lol. > > [http://www.buddyweiserman.com/](http://www.buddyweiserman.com/) \*\* See also [The Spam Letters](http://www.thespamletters.com/letter.shtml?spamID=91&sortBy=da&start=0&search=Nigerian) and their response to the Nigerian scam. Very amusing. These things certainly seem to have taken an upturn recently. I’ve had two in the last month and its ages since I’ve had one. ---
**Author:** ![evilhanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba8739/32.png) [@evilhanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilhanz)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-to-report-this-scam-to/100570/7 "2002-03-28T21:37:25Z")
Computerworld: [Nigeria launches website to target email scams](http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO69562,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![scotth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@scotth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotth)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-to-report-this-scam-to/100570/8 "2002-03-28T23:07:04Z")
At the bottom of this page: [http://www.scambusters.org/NigerianFee.html](http://www.scambusters.org/NigerianFee.html) you will find the address of where to report this. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-to-report-this-scam-to/100570/9 "2002-03-29T02:25:05Z")
Be sure to add it to the Nigerian Scam Letter Gallery (if it isn’t already there). [http://www.quatloos.com/cm-niger/nigerian\_scam\_letter\_museum.htm](http://www.quatloos.com/cm-niger/nigerian_scam_letter_museum.htm)