How to Report Money Transfer Scams
Title: How to Report Money Transfer Scams
Intro: Reporting of money-transfer schemes varies depending on where money transfer to india you are, and the purpose you have behind your report. If your purpose is to retrieve damages, recognize that although you can take steps to do that, achieving that objective is most unlikely because of the sophistication of the perpetrators. However, you can increase your odds of doing so. This involves who you report to, where you are, when, and in how much detail you report the scam.
Step 1: Collect all the information and the evidence that you can. Collect information on to whom to report, and evidence based on any contacts you have had with the person(s) involved in the scam.
Step 2: Contact, if you received an e-mail, the e-mail provider. E-mail providers themselves police such things, and will shut down the account upon report of the scam and reasonable verification of the issue. The e-mail provider will want a read-out of the e-mail that includes the information that allows tracking. Contact each individual e-mail provider for the instructions to obtain such a printout since there are variations. Usually, however, it is a simple toggle to allow you to see what is known as the “source” information in the e-mail’s header.
Step 3: Contact, while still collecting data, as many enforcement agencies as you determine to be applicable in your geographical area. The sooner you get your name into their databases, the more likely it is you can recover some damages. Recognize, however, that these are professional thieves and you are not likely to recover damages. Report the issue anyway, as this gives you the best chance you have of recovery.
Step 4: Prepare a report you can mail or fax to multiple authorities about your experience, because multiple authorities have jurisdiction in these situations: handwritten is acceptable, although typed or word processed is more legible. You can certainly make changes over time in the report; but generate a baseline for submitting to these authorities.
Step 5: Identify the reporting authorities in your geographical area. Some possibilities include the Federal Trade Commission in the United States, the United States Secret Service, eCrimeResearch&Report, and Spam Cop. Report to as many of these as possible even without full evidence. In the United Kingdom, report to the Metropolitan Police, the European Enforcement Team, the Department of Trade and Industry, and the Advertising Standards Authority.
Step 6: Follow up your reporting to various agencies with any additional evidence you glean after your first report; this gives you your best chance to recoup damages from the scammer.


