Get help in your country
The right people to contact change depending on where you are. Choose your country to see exactly who to call, in what order, and where to report.
United Kingdom
In immediate danger
Call 999.
Report the fraud
Report Fraud (previously Action Fraud) 0300 123 2040 reportfraud.police.uk
In Scotland, report to Police Scotland on 101
If money has moved
Call your bank first and say the words 'authorised push payment fraud'. You can also dial 159 to be connected securely to your own bank.
Intimate images and blackmail
Revenge Porn Helpline, 0345 6000 459, and StopNCII.org
If anyone involved is under 18:
CEOP Report Remove
Emotional support
Victim Support, 0808 168 9111 (free, 24/7). Samaritans, 116 123.
Check an investment
FCA register, register.fca.org.uk
The three rules that hold in every country
The details above change at every border. Three things do not.
Your bank comes first. In every one of these countries, the recovery window is measured in hours, and the fraud report can wait until the bank call is done.
If someone you have never met in person asks you for money, it is a scam. Every time, in every country.
Reporting is not just for you. Every report, in every country, feeds the intelligence that takes these networks apart. The takedowns and arrests happening this year all started with victims who filed a report.