i have had a lot of people telling me i won a uk lottery or that they want me to collect money for thier overseas company and they want personal info i know this is a scam but i use aol and i want to report these people and get them busted i have 10 or 15 emails in my old mail box how can i submit them to your web site i am new to computers and need help aol wont let me forward them to a email adress with parentacies

first, the most common usage of the term "phishing", describes fake web pages that pretend to be trustworth institution (like banks, paypal, ebay, etc.) so you will log in by accident and they can steal your password.
see http://www.phishtank.com/what_is_phishing.php for more

also, be sure to include the full headers (when possible) when forwarding.
how to: http://www.haltabuse.org/help/headers/aol.shtml

thank you for your quick response to my question i looked over the links u left me and just forwarded about 15 scam emails to the link reports@bansafeonline.org.uk this is a small step but i am interested in learning what else i can do to help stop fraud on the internet if u have any suggestions please let me know sincerly danny aka bonnaroo07

Welcome to Castlecops, Danny. We appreciate your curiosity and questions.

Also, do you just Report Spam in AOL when you get the Nigerian fraud letters or any other spam for that matter? That is the easiest thing to do in AOL email, but if you want to make the extra effort to report fraud, please do so by all means.

You can create a spamcop account for free and submit spamming complaints to them. Spam is fraud as you are already probably aware.
http://www.spamcop.net/

As with anything, you can learn by reading websites which teach you how to report internet fraud. And along the way, you will probably learn more about computers (by using the Internet) as you go.


Also, keep in mind, if you haven't: use one email address for family and friends online. Keep that email address secret so as to minimize spam being sent to it. Use another email address when you sign up for things online, or share your email account with those you don't know, such as posting your email address online. Keep the email accounts separate.

You can protect your computer online from viruses and other attacks (malware, etc) by reading this (and you learn more about how your PC works as well):
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Overview