2023 Reporting Scams Tips:
Report to your Local PoliceLocal Police The Local Police is your first responder in most countries. In most English-speaking countries and in Europe report to them first. In other countries look for your national cybercrime police units to report scams to. In the U.S., Canada, & Australia, you must report to the local police first. or national police cybercrimeCybercrime Cybercrime is a crime related to technology, computers, and the Internet. Typical cybercrime are performed by a computer against a computer, or by a hacker using software to attack computers or networks. unit first since they are your First Responders. After that, you should report to Anyscam.com & the U.S. FTC (they forward to the FBIFBI FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, the FBI is also a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community and reports to both the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence. A leading U.S. counter-terrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal investigative organization, the FBI has jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crimes, including financial fraud.)
Before filling in your report remember three things:
- Every REPORT MATTERS – even if it is not investigated!
- Law Enforcement is better than ever at recovering money! Always report to the local police!
- These are official crime reports and are governed by the laws of the country involved.
- Watch this video for how best to tell your story to the police – VIDEO
- Prepare your information in advance before reporting – view our Scam Victim’s Checklist here
♦ SCARSSCARS SCARS - Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. A government registered crime victims' assistance & crime prevention nonprofit organization based in Miami, Florida, U.S.A. SCARS supports the victims of scams worldwide and through its partners in more than 60 countries around the world. Incorporated in 2015, its team has 30 years of continuous experience educating and supporting scam victims. Visit www.AgainstScams.org to learn more about SCARS. no longer recommends reporting scams to the FBI (report to the FTCFTC The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government whose principal mission is the enforcement of civil (non-criminal) U.S. antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection. The FTC can also act as a clearinghouse for criminal reports sent to other agencies for investigation and prosecution. To learn more visit www.FTC.gov or to report fraud visit ReportFraud.FTC.gov and they will forward to the FBI) – if you live in the U.S. report to the Secret Service instead (see below)
♦ NEVER REPORT YOUR CRIME TO ANY PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT COMPANY – THEY ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN EXPLOITING YOU
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Reporting Scams
Reporting Scams is important since it tells your government about how bad this situation is! Reporting scams also allow you to take control back from the criminals – you are telling them and yourself who is now in control!
Learn About Reporting Scams
Cybercrime Reporting Directory – Reporting Scams
Reporting Scams & Scammers Here (For Victims Worldwide)
U.S. FTC https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/?orgcode=SCARS and www.Anyscam.com
Also Reporting Scams To Your Local & National Police – Click on the Entity Name for more information
UNITED STATES 
REPORT HERE FIRST
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
REPORT HERE FIRST
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Worldwide
SCARS CDN - Anyscam.com
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
SCARS CDN - Anyscam.com
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Argentina
Dirección Nacional de Ciberseguridad Argentino
Dirección Nacional de Ciberseguridad Argentino
Australia
Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Australia
Crime Stoppers Australia
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Crime Stoppers Australia
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Austria 
Anti-Fraud Office, Ministry of Finance
Anti-Fraud Office, Ministry of Finance
Begium
Belgium Federal Police
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Belgium Federal Police
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Bulgaria
Bulgarian National Cybercrime Platform
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Bulgarian National Cybercrime Platform
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Canada
Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre
Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre
Canada
Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Crime Reporting [RCMP]
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Crime Reporting [RCMP]
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Canada
Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) Cybercrime Reporting
Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) Cybercrime Reporting
Chile
Brigada Investigadora del Ciber Crimen de Policía de Investigaciones
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Brigada Investigadora del Ciber Crimen de Policía de Investigaciones
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Colombia
Centro Cibernético Policial
Centro Cibernético Policial
Costa Rica
Departamento de Investigaciones Criminales del Organismo de Investigación Judicial
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Departamento de Investigaciones Criminales del Organismo de Investigación Judicial
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Croatia
National Police - Ministry of the Interior
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
National Police - Ministry of the Interior
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Cyprus
Cyprus Police
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Cyprus Police
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Czech Republic
Chech Police
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Chech Police
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Denmark/Greenland
Danish Police/Politi
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Danish Police/Politi
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Domnican Republic
LA REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA
LA REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA
Dubai
Dubai Police
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Dubai Police
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Estonia
Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Finland
Poliisi
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Poliisi
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
France
Cybercrime - Ministère de l'Intérieur
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Cybercrime - Ministère de l'Intérieur
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Germany
Federal Police
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Federal Police
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Greece
Hellenic Police
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Hellenic Police
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Police Force - e-Report Centre
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Hong Kong Police Force - e-Report Centre
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Hungary
National Police
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
National Police
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
India
India Cybercrime Portal
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
India Cybercrime Portal
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Indonesia
Direktorat Tindak Pidana Siber Bareskrim Polri
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Direktorat Tindak Pidana Siber Bareskrim Polri
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Ireland
Garda
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Garda
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Italy
Polizia Postale e delle Comunicazioni - Polo Anticrimine della Polizia di Stato
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Polizia Postale e delle Comunicazioni - Polo Anticrimine della Polizia di Stato
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Japan
High-Tech Crime Technology Division of the National Police Agency
High-Tech Crime Technology Division of the National Police Agency
Japan
インターネット・ホットラインセンター | INTERNET HOTLINE CENTER JAPAN (IHC)
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
インターネット・ホットラインセンター | INTERNET HOTLINE CENTER JAPAN (IHC)
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Korea, Republic
Korean National Police Agency - Cyber Bureau
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Korean National Police Agency - Cyber Bureau
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Latvia
State Police
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
State Police
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Lithuania
ePolicija
ePolicija
Luxembourg
General Directorate of the Grand Ducal Police
General Directorate of the Grand Ducal Police
Malaysia
CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMPLAINTS BUREAU, Malaysia Communications & Multimedia Commission (MCMC)
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMPLAINTS BUREAU, Malaysia Communications & Multimedia Commission (MCMC)
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Malaysia
Government of Malaysia
Government of Malaysia
Malta
Pulizija Ta’ Malta – Gvern ta’ Malta
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Pulizija Ta’ Malta – Gvern ta’ Malta
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Mexico
Policía Cibernética, Secretaría de Seguridad
Policía Cibernética, Secretaría de Seguridad
Netherlands
Politie
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Politie
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
New Zealand
CERT NZ
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
CERT NZ
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
New Zealand
NETSAFE New Zealand
NETSAFE New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand Police
New Zealand Police
Nigeria
[EFCC] Economic & Financial Crimes Commission
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
[EFCC] Economic & Financial Crimes Commission
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Philippines
Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Poland
Policia
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Policia
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Portugal
Centro Nacional de Cibersegurança [CNCS]
Centro Nacional de Cibersegurança [CNCS]
Portugal
Polícia Judiciária
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Polícia Judiciária
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Romania
National Directorate of Cyber Security [DNSC]
National Directorate of Cyber Security [DNSC]
Romania
Romanian Police
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Romanian Police
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Singapore
Signapore Police Force
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Signapore Police Force
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Slovakia
Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
South Africa
SAPS - South African Police Service
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
SAPS - South African Police Service
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Spain
Policía Nacional
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Policía Nacional
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Sweden
Polisen
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Polisen
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Switzerland
Kanton Zürich/Zurich Cantonal Police Cybercrime Division
Kanton Zürich/Zurich Cantonal Police Cybercrime Division
Taiwan RoC
National Police Agency
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
National Police Agency
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
United Kingdom
ActionFraud
ActionFraud
United Kingdom
National Cyber Security Centre - Scam Website Reporting
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
National Cyber Security Centre - Scam Website Reporting
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
United Kingdom
U.K. Information Commissioner's Office
U.K. Information Commissioner's Office
United States
CyberFlorida - The Florida Center for Cybersecurity
CyberFlorida - The Florida Center for Cybersecurity
United States
National Elder Fraud Hotline
National Elder Fraud Hotline
United States
U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations [FBI]
U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations [FBI]
United States
Federal Reserve System
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Federal Reserve System
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
United States
U.S. Federal Trade Commission [FTC]
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
U.S. Federal Trade Commission [FTC]
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
UNITED STATES 
REPORT HERE FIRST
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
REPORT HERE FIRST
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
UNITED STATES 
Secret Service
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Secret Service
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
United States
U.S. Citizens & Immigration Service - Fraud Reporting
U.S. Citizens & Immigration Service - Fraud Reporting
United States
[IRS] Internal Revenue Service
[IRS] Internal Revenue Service
Worldwide
Instagram a Division of META
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Instagram a Division of META
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Worldwide
Facebook - Division of META
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Facebook - Division of META
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Worldwide
Google (Gmail)
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Google (Gmail)
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Worldwide
LinkedIn - a Microsoft Company
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
LinkedIn - a Microsoft Company
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
Worldwide
Twitter
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
PREFERRED REPORTING ENTITY
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Reporting Scams Matters!
Please report every scamScam A Scam is a confidence trick - a crime - is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust through deception. Scams or confidence tricks exploit victims using their credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, irresponsibility, or greed and exploiting that. Researchers have defined confidence tricks as "a distinctive species of fraudulent conduct ... intending to further voluntary exchanges that are not mutually beneficial", as they "benefit con operators ('con men' - criminals) at the expense of their victims (the 'marks')". A scam is a crime even if no money was lost. even if your police say they can’t help you right now, they may be able to help and recover your money in the future!
Essential Tools For Every Scam SurvivorSurvivor A Scam Survivor is a victim who has been able to fully accept the reality of their situation. That they were the victim of a crime and are not to blame. They are working on their emotional recovery and reduction of any trauma either on their own, through a qualified support organization, or through counseling or therapy. And has done their duty and reported the crime to their local police, national police, and on Anyscam.com From SCARS Publishing
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This program is designed to help scam victims struggling to recover on their own and for those who want to understand the overall process. You can be using other resources, such as traumaTrauma Emotional and psychological trauma is the result of extraordinarily stressful events that shatter your sense of security, making you feel helpless in a dangerous world. Psychological trauma can leave you struggling with upsetting emotions, memories, and anxiety that won’t go away. It can also leave you feeling numb, disconnected, and unable to trust other people. Traumatic experiences often involve a threat to life or safety or other emotional shocks, but any situation that leaves you feeling overwhelmed and isolated can result in trauma, even if it doesn’t involve physical harm. It’s not the objective circumstances that determine whether an event is traumatic, but your subjective emotional experience of the event. The more frightened and helpless you feel, the more likely you are to be traumatized. Trauma requires treatment, either through counseling or therapy or through trauma-oriented support programs, such as those offered by SCARS. counselingCounseling Counseling is the professional guidance of the individual by utilizing psychological methods especially in collecting case history data, using various techniques of the personal interview, and testing interests and aptitudes. A mental health counselor (MHC), or counselor, is a person who works with individuals and groups to promote optimum mental and emotional health. Such persons may help individuals deal with issues associated with addiction and substance abuse; family, parenting, and marital problems; stress management; self-esteem; and aging. They may also work with "Social Workers", "Psychiatrists", and "Psychologists". SCARS does not provide mental health counseling. or therapy, qualified support groupsSupport Groups In a support group, members provide each other with various types of help, usually nonprofessional and nonmaterial, for a particular shared, usually burdensome, characteristic, such as romance scams. Members with the same issues can come together for sharing coping strategies, to feel more empowered and for a sense of community. The help may take the form of providing and evaluating relevant information, relating personal experiences, listening to and accepting others' experiences, providing sympathetic understanding and establishing social networks. A support group may also work to inform the public or engage in advocacy. They can be supervised or not. SCARS support groups are moderated by the SCARS Team and or volunteers., or completely independent – on your own!
The SCARS Steps program is a complete program and is provided for the purpose of helping scam victims to overcome this experience. Throughout this SCARS Steps Program, we speak about issues and challenges that a victim may have and help guide them through their recovery. But each person is different and it is important to understand your own reasons for being vulnerable to being scammed.
After the trauma of being scammed, you need to take steps to recover and move on. This may be an alternative to counseling in the short term, but we still encourage you to seek out professional help & support. Throughout this SCARS Steps Program, we speak about issues, challenges, defects, or problems that a victim may have in a generalized way.
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SCARS SLATE BOOK – Let Us Explain What Happened!
A Guide For Families & Friends Of Scam Victims
HOW TO HELP ROMANCE SCAM VICTIMS FOR FAMILIES & FRIENDS OF SCAM VICTIMS
This SCARS Publishing book represents a complete guide to help the families and friends understand how these scams work and how to help the victim.
The SCARS Slate Book should be purchased by family and friends to better understand what happened to the victim and the traumatic impact on them. But it can also be shared by the victim so that they do not have to explain to family and friends about the scam. This publication is to help others to help Scam Victims to make it through this traumatic experience and recover.
Each person is different and it is important to understand how relationship scamsRelationship Scam A Relationship Scam is a one-to-one criminal act that involves a trust relationship and uses deception & manipulation to get a victim to give to the criminal something of value, such as money! Click here to learn more: What Is A Relationship Scam? work and why people are vulnerable; to being scammed, how they were lured in, then groomed and manipulated. This understanding is essential in helping them through the process of ending the scam and then on to recovery. The SCARS Slate Book will provide the information necessary to help support a victim through this process.
SCARS RED BOOK
Your Personal Scam Evidence & Crime Record Organizer
ORGANIZE YOUR INFORMATION TO MAKE THE REPORTING PROCESS SIMPLE!
Helps you get and stay organized. This publication is to help Scam Victims organize their crime information. Complete this information before reporting to the police then bring this book with you
Before or after reporting to the police the RED BOOK gives you a dedicated tool to record all the essential facts of this crime. The Victim, the Scammers, the Money, and your Police interactions. Everything that really matters can be easily recorded for your immediate use and for the future!
As we have seen, money recovery/repayment programs can become available years after the scam ends and you need to keep all the details of this crime in case it is needed. We have also seen scammers being extradited to the U.S. and other countries, this will help in the event you testify or give statements, Additionally, this helps you have your information ready to qualify for victims’ benefits, compensation, or aid.
The Official SCARS RED BOOK is your way of recording all the important facts of this crime so that you do not lose essential information, Complete the RED BOOK then put it away with the confidence that you will have it if or when it is needed.
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