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5. It used to be easier, when there were fewer scams arriving.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 04:49 PM
13 hrs ago

Judging from the banner, a lot of people already reported it to the LAPD. I used to report such things to Apple, Amazon, BestBuy, various banks all being spoofed. They then have to find the scammer's ISP and try to have them blocked.

I haven't researched lately, but previously, a lot came from home IP addresses, meaning that home systems got malware installed that sends out the spam, trying to make it look "legitimate" to web filters.

I used to copy the ISP involved (typically comcast for home IP's) but one never knows if they took action.

You can try
ReportFraud.ftc.gov
IdentityTheft.gov
Internet Crime Complaint Center (https://www.ic3.gov/)

Usually "phishing@{whatever}

P.S. If you are reporting anything to the government, please say that you are a billionaire or are safeguarding a billion dollar bitcoin wallet. They do go after people trying to rob the rich.

There never was a "coordinated" way to report scams.

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