Resources for reporting a scam
If you wish to make a really big noise about your tragedy, you can spread a word about it in all these places.
Place report
First of all add a report with all details (story, letters and photos) to EECL database.
Contact her agency or web site
Inform the agency, dating service or web site where you found the profile of the woman, where she is or was placed, about the case in details or where your data was placed and the woman was the first to contact you. Ask them to remove her profile.
Contact her email provider
Contact the provider for the email address she used or is using. The best way to due this is to send an email to several addresses at one time. So one of these addresses comes through to the provider of her e-mail. If your messages did not get through they return to your address. You should receive messages later from your provider on which did not get through. Make note of this so you know which did get through. This way you will have it for reference if you need it later. You have to ask them to shut off her email account and to reply you.
For example, she used such address: scammer@yandex.ru
You have to send letters to the following versions of her address to contact the provider:
Western Union or Money Gram
If you sent money via Western Union or Money Gram you can contact them by email and supply with the information.
You have to send a copy of your receipt and remind you are not getting your money back. It's just a report about the scam for them and there's a hope that it'll not going to happen one more time. You can apply to Fraud Prevention. If they put on their guard in anything in matter of your letter, there's a chance that they manage it right.
Western Union official web site: http://www.westernunion.com
Money Gram official web site: http://www.moneygram.com
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
There's a special fraud division in FBI which handle complaits coming from the web. Although their international activities is limited but they may use the united forces of nations to stop cons and scams from the Internet and not only that. You can file a complaint there.
FBI web site to register an Internet Fraud: http://www.ifccfbi.gov/cf1.asp
FTC International Internet Fraud
It was formed by the FTC (Federal Trade Commission). The aim of this organization is resolving international disputes to allow Internet users all around the world to place their complaints at one location. It was specially designed to apply cross-border, international e-commerce disputes. The site will receive the complaints and give them to civil and criminal fraud fighters in different countries. You may apply in English, French, German or Spanish.
FTC International Internet Fraud official web site: http://www.econsumer.gov
Her Embassy in your country
You may contact the embassy of her native country. You have to send a detailed letter about the case and ask them to reply. It's better to send a registered letter and include a stamped envelope with your address on it. Call them some time later after you sent the letter.
Search addresses of embassies here: http://www.embassyworld.com
Your Embassy in her country
You may contact your embassy in her native country. Send a detailed letter about the case and ask them to reply. You can call them some time later after you sent the letter. If it is a real person her data will be placed in Black List and perhaps if she goes abroad she will be turned down in getting a visa to your country.
Search addresses of embassies here: http://www.embassyworld.com
Department of Justice
Department of Justice site includes information defining Internet fraud, what
to do about it, and where to go to get more information.
Department of Justice official web site: http://www.internetfraud.usdoj.gov
Cybercrime
Another Department of Justice site dedicated to Internet crimes and fraud.
Cybercrime official web site: http://www.cybercrime.gov
For US customers:
A fraud issue can be filed with the Washington State Attorney Generals Office. 360 753 6200
You may be pointed me to the Washington Consumer Protection Division 800 551 4636.
You may be also pointed to The Federal Trade Division, Consumer Responce Center. They just take consumer compliants at 877 382 4357.
Recover your money here. Institute criminal proceedings against the scammers