In article <Xns99B5989AEFD01nokvamli@208.49.80.253>,
dwrightsr@alltel.net says...
> Default User <default@user1.invalid> wrote in
> news:be0gf351sfube4bmej8e30ebpf4k9off6u@4ax.com:
>
> > On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:57:09 +0000, "David Wright Sr."
> > <dwrightsr@alltel.net> wrote:
> >
> >>Is there any agency to which information about phishing perpretators can
> >>be directed?
> >>
> >>Most of the ones which I get have clearly identifiable website ip
> >>addresses and action should be able to be taken against them.
> >>
> >>David E. Wright Sr.
> >
> > http://www.us-cert.gov/nav/report_phishing.html - US-CERT Report
> > Phishing Site
> > http://www.antiphishing.org/report_phishing.html - Anti-Phishing
> > Workgroup http://www.ic3.gov/ - Internet Crime Complaint Center
> > http://www.castlecops.com/pirt - CastleCops Phishing Incident Reporting
> > and Termination (PIRT) Squad(SM)
> >
> > Also contact the institution being Phished - usually
> > abuse@somedomain.com will work. Include the full text of the email as
> > well as all headers - forward email as an attachment is possible.
> >
> > There are also many other organizations that will accept Phishing
> > reports, you might want to try a google search on "Report Phishing" or
> > something like that.
> >
>
> Thank you. That was the kind of information I was looking for.
>
> David E. Wright Sr.
>
> P.S. the one that just came in was supposed to be from the IRS about a tax
> refund.
>


Some helpful addresses including the IRS.



spam@uce.gov (You can send all spam to the FTC here.)

reportphishing@antiphishing.org

spoof@ebay.com

spoof@paypal.com

stop-spoofing@amazon.com

abuse@wellsfargo.com

spoof@wamu.com

abuse@chase.com

phishing@irs.gov

abuse@bankofamerica.com



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