How To Report Serious Computer Crime

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If the nature of the problem is cyberstalking or other related personally directed attacks, you can try Wired Patrol.
Other resources you can try are your ISP (Information Service Provider - the company that provides your Internet service), the attacker's ISP, and local law enforcement.

United States

• Department of Justice: How to Report Internet-Related Crime (part of the www.cybercrime.gov site)
• also report the incident to CERT
• however if you are reporting illegal material involving minors then use CyberTipline.com

Canada

• Contact the RCMP. You can find a bit more information in their FAQ.
• also report the incident to CanCERT
• however if you are reporting illegal material involving minors then use Cybertip.ca
  en français Cyberaide.ca

European Union

• Safer Internet
• if you are reporting illegal material involving minors then see the list of European hotlines or you can go via INHOPE.org

You may also be interested in the EU's Internet Action Plan (IAP), of which Safer Internet is a part.

United Kingdom

• if you are reporting illegal material involving minors then use Internet Watch Foundation

Australia

I am told contact your local police - they will then refer it on to your states computer crimes unit.

• also report the incident to AusCERT
• if you are reporting illegal material involving minors then use Australian Broadcasting Authority: Complaints

Everywhere Else

Sorry, I don't know. I would assume local or national policing authorities.

Spam Scams (including Phishing)

United States

In the US, forward all spam (junk email) to the Federal Trade Commission's collection address for Unsolicited Commercial Email: uce@ftc.gov

Canada

In Canada, the main organization set up to deal with phone / snailmail / email fraud is PhoneBusters.
You can forward "Nigerian scams" (advanced fee fraud) to them at the West African Fraud Letter address: wafl@phonebusters.com. For anything else, content them at info@phonebusters.com.
You can read more in the e-mail section of the Scams FAQ from the RCMP.

More Resources

Google has an overwhelming list of resources for dealing with Internet abuse in its directory Computers > Internet > Abuse

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