How do I report a fraudulant person who is using yahoo?

[Sue]

She claims to be an American living in Africa and unable to get into her banking account. She says she can't get her passport because the embassy took it from her because she owes a hospital bill. She is sending emails and instant messages to my boyfriend telling him to send her money so she can come here to marry him, this has been going on for the last 3 years. I've already reported her to facebook and she is no longer on facebook.

[sham]

Find out her e-mail address and contact the police if you are certain with the facts!

[teeny-tinypolice768]

Thanks for posting up that information on a scam.

Making a scammer's scam googlable on every scam-warner-anti-fraud-busting site you can find is a great way to slow that scammer down when a suspicious potential victim goes looking for information, finds your post containing the name the scammer is using, his email address, phone number and the emails themselves and then that potential victim does not become a scam victim because you took the time "get the word out".

Wasting a scammer's time legally and safely is called "scambaiting". If you google that word, you will find sites where you can read scambaits, post up the emails and email addresses of scammers, post up a fake website, read up on how to alert a hosting company that they are hosting a fake website, ask questions and learn all about the hobby of scambaiting.

Since that scammer intended to steal your money, he did not give you his real life information. All you have is one of his fake names, one of his free email addresses, one of his fake stories and one of his paid-for-in-cash cell phone numbers. None of that information is going to help your local law enforcement agency track down that anonymous scammer sitting in a cyber cafe half way around the world from you.