Law Enforcement and Scam Letters
Generally, law enforcement agencies from around the world are interested in scam letters where actual losses incurred upon a victim. Due to the sheer volume of scam letters distributed on the Internet, no law enforcement agency will be in a position to investigate every scam letter reported.
Most law enforcement agencies, however, introduced a method of reporting reporting scam letters to them. Information on reporting scam letter to them can be found at The Nigerian Scam Defined.
During August 2007 a new private initiative, ScamLetters.com was launched with the aim of assisting law enforcement agencies by relieving the burden of scam letter reports, as well as assisting in scam letter investigations by availing a unique database for reporting of scam letters by the public.
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