I have even tried forwarding/contacting abuse at hotmail and other common e-mail hosting services to no avail.
What I was hoping for by coming here was a url where a sting operation could be used to bring these thieves to justice. To get to the FBI, from what I can garner, you must have already been scammed. They want particulars, etc type info.
Seems the FTC or somebody would want to clamp down on these perps.
We can protect ourselves, but I have elderly friends that I am not so sure about. I continually advise them not to respond with personal information and never disclose banking, social security info, and address on the internet when responding to an enquiry. In this regard, they must actually contact a bank or agency where confidential information is going to be revealed and to make sure the URL address is an https link and there is a padlock icon.
That is a lot to remember for some and the major reason for my concern.
SharonB