How to Report a SCAM Email
Michael J. Vandeman, Ph.D.
April 29, 2020

1. View the email headers. (E.g. if your email is in Yahoo, open it, click on the “…” and select “View raw message”.) Look for a line like
X-Originating-IP: [160.39.52.21].
2. Copy the IP address (in this case, 160.39.52.21).
3. Go to http://whois.arin.net/ui
Paste the IP address in the field labelled "WhoisRWS and hit Enter.
4. If the name "RIPE" appears (e.g. if the IP address is 62.171.133.194), go to step 7 below. If APNIC appears, go to step 8. Otherwise, go to step 5.
5. Search for an email address starting with abuse@. In this case, it is abuse@columbia.edu".
6. Forward the email (so all the headers are included) to that address. You are done.
7. Go to https://www.ripe.net/support/abuse. Paste the IP address in the field labelled "Enter an IP address" and hit Enter. Then forward the email to the email address given (in this case, abuse@contabo.de). You are done.

8. Go to http://wq.apnic.net/static/search.html. Paste the IP address into the “Search for” field and click on Search. Forward the email to the “Abuse contact” displayed. You are done.