Hi MightyMouse. I've not looked at this thread in ages, it's quite old from when the site was first set up. Emma is a former adminstrator and not active here any longer. Julia is currently not active either. I'll edit the OP to correct that information.
As for shutting down sites, we do shut those down, ie: fraudulent websites set up by scammers to prop up their scams are entered into the database of fraudulent sites kept by aa419.org and reported to hosters and registrars. What we don't shut down, and I think what you were referring to, are their email addresses. So you're correct, we wouldn't recommend using the reporting tool at SpamCop for advance fee fraudsters. Do use it for other types of spam though! We've discussed the issue of whether or not to shut down scammer's email addresses at length both here and at 419Eater. The benefits of having them continue to use the same addresses outweigh the benefits of shutting down their email addresses.
Reporting their addresses for closure really doesn't do much damage to them. They can open another new one in minutes and just continue on. The drawback for us when they do this, though, is that the information we have posted here becomes obsolete. We much prefer they keep using the same addresses. The longer they do, the more those will be posted around anti fraud sites for potential victims to find.
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