Q: I received some phishing emails from my bank requires a lot of my personal information. How do I handle this? Is it possible that I can report fake emails
According to the FTC, you must send the phishing email - including the full header of the e-mail - to the spam database FTC. The e-mail to the database is spam@uce.gov . The FTC also recommends that you transfer the complete email to the company, bank or organization impersonated in the email. As an additional step, you also have the option to forward the email to the Working Group The Anti-Phishing, which is a group consisting of financial institutions, the law enforcement agencies, Internet service providers and security providers working in the fight against phishing. The email to the group reportphishing@antiphishing.org .
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