[LINK] reporting potential illegal activity on the internet

[Kim Holburn]

I tend to report stuff like that to AUSCERT first.

I tried reporting a phish to the commonwealth bank once, very  
difficult to find an email address on their site, perhaps they don't  
want to get spam?  When I finally filled in on of those stupid web  
forms, I got all these emails back about how to protect myself from  
phishing as a Commonwealth bank customer which I had told them I wasn't.

Don't the AFP have a high-tech crime unit?


On 2006 Aug 18, at 8:45 AM, Jan Whitaker wrote:

> Linkers,
>
> This country is such a shambles when it comes to reporting e-crime.  
> I received a potential money laundering scam, not just a phishing  
> one, and tried to find an agency that would be able to receive the  
> information. AFP defers to ACMA who defers to etc etc etc. I ended  
> up being referred back to where I started.  There are all sorts of  
> 'protect the children from nasty words' programs, but I'm really  
> disheartened that when it comes to real crime, they don't have  
> their act together.
>
> Anyone have any advice?  The best I could do was send it to a  
> personal contact whose address I'm not sure is still active from my  
> participation on a committee at Austrac. I really don't think  
> that's good enough and will be writing to a few MPs about the  
> situation.
>
> Jan
>
> Jan Whitaker
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