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Remember, you need to trace the spam first
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If you would like to know how to filter spam from your mail client click
here.
http://www.spamcon.org/recipients/spam-response/
http://mail-abuse.org/rbl/notifyfaq.html
http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/spam.html
http://www.panix.com/e-spam.html
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~af380/boilerplates.html
http://personalpages.tds.net/~slambo/spamreports.htm
http://spam.abuse.net/userhelp/howtocomplain.shtml
http://www.tmisnet.com/~strads/spam/bcp.html
http://www.obliquity.com/computer/spambait/complain.html
http://www.whew.com/On-Line_Spam/Tools/Reporting/reportspam_stepbystep.shtml
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http://abuse.sourceforge.net/results/
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Some admin ignore some of these; they are not foolproof.
Read more about these at http://www.abuse.net/tools.html
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http://www.daesoft.com/freeware/spamsource/
(Outlook, easily copy message source)
http://www.hendricom.com/spamcontrol.htm
(Outlook, spamcop addin)
http://techref.massmind.org/techref/language/basic/ol-spam-rpt-vbs.htm
(Outlook plugin, integrates with spamcop)
http://www.helpmesoft.com/ (Outlook
plugin)
ftp://ftp.laas.fr/pub/ria/felix/vm-complain.el (Emacs, View Mail subsystem)
http://www.mts.net/~mbreault/sp/rspoco.htm
(PocoMail)
http://antispam.sourceforge.net/
(Plugin for Pegasus)
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http://spamcop.net/ (advice on using
spamcop in French: http://www.caspam.org/cas_spamcop.html)
http://www.tesp.com/abounce/
(Win9x)
http://www.econym.demon.co.uk/junkmail/ (Acorn)
http://www.pc-help.org/trace.htm
(DOS command line batch file)
http://www.spamkiller.com/
http://biosolutions.hypermart.net/index.htm
http://www.barebones.com/products/mailsmith/
(built in spamcop support, for Mac)
http://www.spamdeputy.com/ (add-on
for spamcop)
http://spam-retaliator.com/ (very
naïve approach)
http://www.spampunisher.com/
http://www.spamstalker.com/
http://www.reportspam.net/
http://www.spamx.org/
http://smallclaim.info/spamtracker/
(keep track of your reports and spam)
http://spam-abuse.sourceforge.net/
(Windows)
http://spamcop.tmicha.net/
http://www.promailix.com/
http://www.elegantchaos.com/software/report.html
(AppleScript)
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http://www.rdrop.com/users/billmc/adcomplain.html
http://abuse.sourceforge.net/tclapp/
(For TCL/TK, available for many platforms, inc. Win9x)
http://spam.sourceforge.net/
http://www.vipul.net/ricochet/
http://www.abuse.net/mspam.txt
http://www.mids.org/nospam/
http://www.laas.fr/~felix/despam.html
http://spam.abuse.net/userhelp/forrep
http://toniw.iki.fi/index.cgi/projects/projects-spamcup/
(integrates with SpamCop)
http://spam.sourceforge.net/
(Perl)
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http://word-to-the-wise.com/abacus/index.html
http://www.bestpractical.com/rt/
(Request Tracker)
http://www.webunited.net/spam_control/
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Machine Translation at Research > Translation
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Look up a domain name (normally) to get the abuse contact.
http://www.abuse.net/ (updates to
update@abuse.net, format: "example.com:
abuse@example.com postmaster@example.net")
NB: You can now query Abuse.net by DNS for TXT records, e.g. example.com.contacts.abuse.net
http://spam.deadbeef.com/lookup.php
(frontend to abuse.net, lookups by IP address)
http://logidac.com/abuseEmail/
http://relays.osirusoft.com/cgi-bin/abuse.cgi
http://ip.nic.or.kr/english/notice.html
(Korean ISPs)
http://www.csie.nctu.edu.tw/~mdhsieh/isp.html
(mainly Taiwanese ISPs)
http://www.spamid.net/ (By IP? Try
http://www.lpsci.com/spamid/
if that fails)
http://www.geocities.com/rem642b/AntiSpam/CTW-209.html
(By IP)
http://www.mavetju.org/networking/getcontactinfointernet.php
(How to find the right address)
http://personalpages.tds.net/~slambo/spamreports.htm
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Quote Hotmail's AUP at them: http://privacy.msn.com/tou/default.asp
If they prove clue-resistant, assess their performance: http://msn.surveyhost.com/hotmail/
aol.com: members can use tosspam@aol.com. Others can report spam to tosemail1@aol.com.
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store-abuse@yahoo-inc.com (Yahoo! Stores complaints)
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United States: uce@ftc.gov
Hong Kong: webmaster@ofta.gov.hk
Germany: mailbox@datenschutz-berlin.de
(mark for attn. Herr Holzapfel - see Legal
> EU > Germany)
Finland: vihje.internet@krp.poliisi.fi
AU.UU.NET: http://www.rts.com.au/spam/au.uu.net/reporter/
California: http://caag.state.ca.us/_misc/content/spam.htm
Belgium: spam@privacy.fgov.be
(http://www.privacy.fgov.be/actualites/boite_a_spam.htm)
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spamrecycle@chooseyourmail.com
(http://www.chooseyourmail.com/)
spam@projectprivacy.org (http://www.projectprivacy.org/)
junk@brightmail.com (http://www.brightmail.com/)
imireport@pc-intouch.com (MAILGOD
Spamware)
TOSSpam (For AOL Members)
spamproject@gnscon.com (http://www.gnscon.com/)
thoselads@scamorama.com (they
are collecting 419 spam)
spam@sendusspam.com (http://www.sendusspam.com/)
http://SpamArchive.org/
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reliefscam@stopspam.org (WTC Scams - see http://www.digest.net/reliefscam/ before sending)
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http://www.econsumer.gov/
http://www.vii.org/afica.htm
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/
http://www.officer.com/
http://www.nutter.net/dana/Business/War_on_Commercialism/Invasive_Marketing/Government_Contact_Information/default.asp?lang=en
http://www.ccmostwanted.com/reporting3.htm
(worldwide crime reporting)
http://www.elsop.com/wrc/complain.htm
(where to complain)
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fraudinfo@psinet.com (Internet
Fraud Center)
https://rn.ftc.gov/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01
(FTC Complaint Form)
http://www.fraud.org/
https://www.ifccfbi.gov/cf1.asp
(Internet Fraud Complaint Centre)
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sfic@istar.ca (RCMP Security Fraud
Information Centre)
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/ct01246e.html
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http://www.consumercomplaints.org.uk/
http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/,
http://www.tradingstandards.net/pages/lalist.htm
http://www.dataprotection.gov.uk/
(data@dataprotection.gov.uk)
http://www.ispa.org.uk/html/consumers/complaints_procedure.html
(Complain about a UK ISP)
http://www.internetcrimeforum.org.uk/
http://www.asa.org.uk/ (Advertising
Standards Agency - new guidelines: http://www.cap.org.uk/)
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http://www.accc.gov.au/ (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission)
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http://www.comcom.govt.nz/contact.cfm (Fair Trading)
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http://www.bbb.org/ (Better Business
Bureau)
http://www.netcheck.com/
http://www.econsumer.gov/ (liases
with agencies worldwide)
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See Scams > 419, Humour > Stupid Spammers > Subverted > 419
419.fcd@usss.treas.gov, marking
LOSS or NO LOSS, or use http://www.usss.treas.gov/contact_fcd.shtml
Fax the US NFIC on 202-835-0767, phone 800-876-7060
(see http://www.usss.treas.gov/alert419.shtml)
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Alert your local fraud office, through your local police force - http://www.police.uk/
westafrican@spring39.demon.co.uk
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419@nigeriapolice.org
http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
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report@internetwatch.org.uk
, http://www.iwf.org.uk/index.html
(Internet Watch Foundation - accept reports from anywhere)
http://inhope.org/ (EU)
http://www.tomaszewski.net/Family/Intranet/ReportPorn.txt
http://www.obscenitycrimes.org/complaint/ReportPornSpam.cfm
(US)
http://icmec.missingkids.com/
http://www.antichildporn.org/reportcp.htm
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http://www.missingkids.org/cybertip/
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/ceos/report.htm
iitf.tampa@fbi.gov (US FBI Child
Pornography Facilitated Through the Internet)
http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/enforcem/child.htm
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See Scams > MMF
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http://www.stopspam.org/usenet/mmf/mmf_table.html
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uce@ftc.gov
fraud@uspis.gov (United States Postal
Inspection Service)
http://www.usps.com/websites/depart/inspect/fraud/MailFraudComplaint.htm
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http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/ct02107e.html
compbureau@ic.gc.ca
economic@fox.nstn.ca
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http://www.dti.gov.uk/ccp/topics1/facts/pyramid.htm
(Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976)
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Report Finnish chain letter related crimes to:
lars.henriksson@krp.mung.poliisi.fi, ossi.kahonen@krp.poliisi.fi
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http://www.politi.dk/kontakt/postkasse.htm
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http://www.sec.gov/complaint.shtml
(Securities and Exchange Commission)
http://www.nasdr.com/complaints_tips.asp
(National Association of Securities Dealers Regulator)
isfeedback@nasdaq.com
cyberfraud@nasaa.org
ombuds@nasd.com (Penny Stock Spam)
http://www.nasdr.com/3220.htm
(States' Securities Regulators)
http://www.nasaa.org/nasaa/abtnasaa/find_regulator.html
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inquiries@bcsc.bc.ca (British
Columbia)
http://www.fin.gc.ca/fin-eng.html
(Department of Finance. Try mailing to: consltcomm@fin.gc.ca)
surveillance@vse.ca (Vancouver
Stock Exchange)
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mail@bawe.de (Bundesaufsichtsamt für den Wertpapierhandel; http://www.bawe.de/english/index_e.htm)
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http://www.sec-com.govt.nz/contacts/
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http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/asic.nsf/byheadline/Contacting+us?opendocument (see http://www.asic.gov.au/)
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http://www.fda.gov/opacom/Enforce.html,
webcomplaints@ora.fda.gov,
otcfraud@cder.fda.gov (Food and
Drug Administration, US)
http://www.mca.gov.uk/ (UK)
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ocst@ncta.com (Office of Cable Signal Theft - http://www.ncta.com/docs/faq.cfm#a14)
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https://www.ftc.gov/ftc/idtheftform.htm
(try this
if that fails)
http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/
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hotline@nocs.insp.irs.gov
(threats against IRS & employees, attempted bribery, attacks on integrity
of tax system)
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/
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piracy@spa.org
software@bsa.org (http://www.bsa.org/usa/report/report.php,
http://www.bsa.org/usa/antipiracy/)
http://www.siia.net/piracy/report/default.asp
http://www.caast.org/report/
(Canadian piracy)
http://www.fast.org.uk/ (UK piracy)
hotline@mpaa.org (DVD copying software)
dreward@riaa.com (illegal MP3 sites)
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piracy@adobe.com (or http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/antipiracy/reportform.html)
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/reporting/
http://www.symantec.com/spamwatch/
(Symantec/Norton products being spammed)
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AOLLegal@aol.com (Limit to (1) particularly
offensive spam; (2) spam from major spamhausen; (3) spamware offers.)
spamola@iconn.net (Nexus.com)
abuse-archive@nowhere.com
(Nowhere.com)
http://www.habeas.com/report/
(Forged Habeas headers)
http://reports.internic.net/cgi/rpt_whois/rpt.cgi
(fake whois data)
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See Scams > Dialers
UK: secretariat@icstis.org.uk
(Guidelines: http://www.icstis.org.uk/,
actions: http://www.icstis.org.uk/icstis2002/default.asp?node=48)
Australia: tissc@tissc.com.au
(Guidelines: http://www.tissc.com.au/code.htm)
Germany: hbirkholz@fst-ev.org
(Guidelines were at http://www.fst-ev.de/eng/code.htm, now dead)
"New Zealand does not have a government imposed code of practice for IPRS or spam." (Ministry of Economic Development, private email. IPRS = Information Premium Rate Services)
Email addresses of telecoms regulators for countries which have hosted
a Premium Rate line advertised in a spam.
(No guarantees that they have regulations for Premium Rate services, or
that this is the correct email address to use):
Austria: rtr@rtr.at (http://www.rtr.at/),
Belgium: georges.denef@bipt.be
(http://www.bipt.be/),
Italy: info@agcom.it (http://www.agcom.it/),
Spain: dcpre@cmt.es (http://www.cmt.es/),
US: gtristan@fcc.gov (http://www.fcc.gov/),
Chile: mtt@mtt.cl (http://www.mtt.cl/),
Solomon Islands: commerce@commerce.gov.sb
(http://www.commerce.gov.sb/),
Seychelles Islands: telecoms@seychelles.net
(http://www.seychelles.net/),
St. Helena: patricia@sainthelena.gov.sh
(http://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/),
Kiribati: mict@tskl.net.ki,
tkl@tskl.net.ki (http://www.tskl.net.ki/),
Commonwealth Telecoms Organisation: info@cto.int
(http://www.cto.int/)
http://irgis.icp.pt/site/en/members.asp
http://www.knietzsch.com/radio_tv/rtv_reg_tp.htm#Reg_TP
http://www.regtp.de/en/links/start/in_10-00-00-00-00_m/index.html
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Other DNS Blackhole lists also take submissions - see DNS Blackhole Lists to find more.
See Preventing Formmail Spam for more details.
formmail@monkeys.com - all "formmail spam".
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See Preventing Open Proxies and Open Proxy DNS Blackhole Lists for more information.
open-proxy@tlh.com.ar - Report
open SOCKS proxies in the format "PROXY: IP"
proxies@monkeys.com - Report open
proxies to http://www.monkeys.com/upl/
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admin@linkexchange.com (LinkExchange
banners)
mbe####@mbemail.com (replace #### with the "MailBoxes Etc." number)
SafeHarbor@EBay.com (E-bay fraud)
accessviolation@paypal.com
(PayPal phishing - fake PayPal login pages)
Spammers use techniques to artificially inflate the ranking of pages in the various search engines.
See Other Types of Spam > Search Engine Spam
Altavista: suggestions.altavista@pa.dec.com
Google: spamreport@google.com
(http://www.google.com/contact/spamreport.html)
AllTheWeb/FAST/Lycos: spam@fastsearch.com
(http://www.alltheweb.com/info/contact/spam.html)
Inktomi: reportspam@inktomi.com
(http://www.inktomi.com/products/web_search/spampolicyfaq.html)
Overture: termsofuse@overture.com
(http://www.overture.com/d/USm/about/company/terms.jhtml)
Open Directory Project: staff@dmoz.org
(http://www.dmoz.org/)
Excite: http://mailit.excite.com/mailit/feedback_abuse.jsp
ixQuick.com: http://ixquick.com/eng/feedback.html
Teoma/AskJeeves/Ask.com: jeeves@askjeeves.com
Gigablast.com: MWELLS@GIGABLAST.COM
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http://www-usa.tpc.int/ - dead?
http://www.faxaway.com/
http://www.efax.com/
http://innoport.com/
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http://cognigen.net/iconnecthere/
http://www.net2phone.com/
http://www.dialpad.com/
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Last updated: 28 Agosto, 2019
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