To mlwtaw9493:

I'm not sure how much interest you'll receive from the Secret Service's Financial Crime Division, since you have not suffered a significant financial loss. I've included information from Big, Fat Lies, a Thread I posted in Reporting Fraud. I would start by contacting a Secret Service field office.
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If you are a US citizen who is a Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud victim and has suffered a significant financial loss, open United States Secret Service: Frequently Asked Questions to learn how to report the fraud incident to the agency. Click on the How do I report a case of advance fee fraud (also known as "4-1-9 fraud")? link, which is located in the "Protecting Yourself" section. After that, visit United States Secret Service: Field Office Contact Information to find your nearest Secret Service field office, or look in a telephone directory under "US Government Information."
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Important note: The US Secret Service says it is not a crime to ask a stranger's assistance in a financial matter. If you have wired dollars to a stranger with a hard luck story, the FBI probably isn't interested, either. Sorry.
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Also, go to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov to file a complaint. To educate yourself more, open the "What we Investigate" link, then click on "Internet Crime Schemes." The screen that appears describes eighteen (18) to-be-reported fraud schemes, such as Auction Fraud, Credit Card Fraud, Investment and Business Fraud, Nigerian Letter Scam, Re-shipping, Phishing, etc. Before you leave, you might want to enter Cyber Investigations, into their search engine. You will find several interesting links on this page: (1) New E Scams and Warnings, (2) How to protect your computer, (3) Prevention Tips.

The Federal Trade Commission's website at Federal Trade Commission - Home is the agency interested in pyramid schemes, money-making chain letters, credit card scams, credit repair scams, weight-loss plans, fraudulent business opportunities, etc. They have a Consumer Complaint link on their home-page. Or, forward spam to spam@uce.gov. They say their database generates cases against people who use spam to spread false or misleading information about their products or services.

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