Our pick of useful links

[Emma Jones]

Useful links on our site
An introduction to scams
Learn how to identify scams
How to protect yourself and what to do if you have been scammed
News items and articles about scams

Victim Support services
Some specific VS services are linked below, and there is a comprehensive list of victim support resources around the world at VA online.
Europe: Scotland, Republic of Ireland, France, Germany, Netherlands, and Spain.
Other parts of the world: Australia, New Zealand, Canada - 2, US - 1, and US - 2.

Other sites of interest
Our sister site 419Eater.com, the biggest and the best baiting site on the net.
Artists Against 419, the fake bank gurus.
Scam Info Links for access to tons of information on scams.
idtheft.co.uk for information and advice about ID theft and ID draud.
Scampatrol, the inspiration for this site.


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[jameson]

Another Canadian victim support service I found, which seems to have less emphasis on the court and probation systems:

West Vancouver Police Victim Assistance Program
1330 Marine Drive
West Vancouver, British Columbia, V7T 1B5
Telephone (604) 925-7468
Fax (604) 925-5967


"West Vancouver Police Victim Services offers the following services to victims/witnesses of crime and trauma:
...Referrals to community agencies and services."

[breadcrumb]

For the European Union:
http://www.euvictimservices.org/

[4X1X9]

The 419 Coalition have specific country by country instructions on how to report 419 activity to the relevant authorities.

http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/

[Emma Jones]

Fraud Aid, Inc. (http://www.FraudAid.com) is an organization dedicated to Fraud Victim Advocacy, Education & Law Enforcement Support. On staff are Certified Fraud Examiners, former and current* Law Enforcement (Federal, State and Local) and specialists with arrested victims (Payment Processing and others) who all volunteer their time and experience.

Full services for victims of all types of frauds, both internet based and physical are readily available.

* Current LE participate in Fraud Aid's Law Enforcement Advisory Committee only.

[John Walker]

Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce website.

A couple of relevant links from the South Australian Police web site:
Victim Support.
Internet Safety and Security.

JW

[Sarah]

www.scamvictimsunited.com

[Ed Williams]

A site with lots of different Scam info

http://www.ccmostwanted.com/topics/sc/scams.htm

[Guest]

online and phone support in Germany:

www.onlinedetektiv-direkt.de

here the vic finds a person who speaks German and gives advise

[Ed Williams]

NBC's To Catch a Conman. Very interesting and informative show.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17697615/

[Julia]

I looked at this site today and was really really impressed with all the information provided

http://www.scam-info-links.info/

[Jack Smith]

South African Reserve Bank scam information and contact:


http://www.reservebank.co.za/Internet/P ... endocument

They say they want to hear about anyone impersonating them.

[benjamin]

A description of 419 scams in Latvian - just in case any Latvians should arrive here
http://www2.la.lv/lat/majas_viesis/mv_p ... a/?doc=477

[georg]

online-complaint to german police:
car-scams etc:
https://www.polizei-beratung.de/rat_hil ... fz_betrug/

[mathias]

I have a new link:

http://onlinedetektiv.com

here the victim finds useful information and somebody to talk to directly in German language

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