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Thinking of this I would have continued like: Me: are you confirming that if I start a scam you will not investigate it? Police:...? Me: Ok , then thanks a l

• missinglink12 7y ago
  Exactly
• 0xffff2 7y ago
  Of course the local police department isn't likely to investigate it. That doesn't mean no one is.
  • stakhanov 7y ago
    But, formally speaking, it actually really is within their responsibility to serve as the first point of contact for the individual citizen (think "retail customer") and put it through to the proper channels within law enforcement. The Bavarian police (this was in Bavaria) even has a "center for cybercrime" which, according to press releases and stuff, sounds like precisely the office that should take note of things like that. But they don't have any public-facing communication channels of any kind[1], and I'm unclear whether they actually do stuff or whether they exist purely on paper as a public relations and politics stunt. Maybe if I was politically connected or willing to spend a pile of dough to put a lawyer on it, things would be different, but this was just one man trying to do his civic duty and there's only so much trouble that I'm willing to go to for that. [1] EDIT: After doing some more research, it looks like, meanwhile they do. This was just announced two months ago, so seems to be a new development. https://www.polizei.bayern.de/kriminalitaet/internet/index.html/294475 https://www.polizei.bayern.de/kriminalitaet/internet/index.h...