Phishing - Who Do I Tell?

Have you been getting those emails that seem a bit off, but have you nervous anyway? The ones telling you that you have just made a payment of $455.92 to Michael Gonzales from your paypal account or that there is suspicious activity on your credit card and you need to verify a transaction immediately or they will suspend your account?  You probably already know they are scams. Those letters are the bait and you are the hunted - thieves are "phishing" for your personal information every day of the week.

    There are thousands of places to tell you how to avoid 'phishing' - this isn't one of them. (In fact, virtually every company that deals with money provides a list of what to look for to identify suspicious email).  Obviously, you don't want to get caught in someone's trap, but have you ever wondered if there is something else you can do? Something that may cause those emails to cease forever?

    Well, no promises here, but if we all forward the scam email we get to the appropriate authorities, we will at least be doing our part. In doing this, I have found that it is usually difficult to simply figure out where to report fraudulant emails.

    What I am doing is slowly compiling a list so it won't be necessary to go to the FAQ of a different website every time someone tried to catch you - hook, line, and sinker.