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Protect your community by reporting fraud, scams, and bad business practices.
Use USA.gov’s scam reporting tool to identify a scam and help you find the right government agency or consumer organization to report it.
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At ReportFraud.ftc.gov, consumers will find a streamlined and user-friendly way to submit reports to the FTC about scams, frauds, and bad business practices. The FTC has long encouraged consumers to report these issues to the FTC when they encounter them—whether or not they lost money to the fraud.
The first thing that you do to report a scam or a bad business practice is go to the website, ReportFraud.ftc.gov, and you click on the “Report Now” button. The site will ask you a few questions, like, “Is your report about any of these common problems?”
If you would like to report fraud, please contact the appropriate investigative agency as follows: Consumer Fraud and Identity Theft. Contact the Federal Trade Commission at 1-877-FTC-HELP, 1-877-ID-THEFT, or online at https://ReportFraud.ftc.gov/#/?orgcode=TFMICF. Disaster-Related Fraud.
Learn more about your rights as a consumer and how to spot and avoid scams. Find the resources you need to understand how consumer protection law impacts your business.
If you spot a fraud, scam or bad business practice, please report it, even if you didn't send money. The FTC uses reports to share data about what is happening in your community, and to investigate, bring law enforcement cases, and alert people about current frauds.
To get started, go to ReportFraud.ftc.gov and click on “Report Now.” You can give as much or as little detail about yourself as you’d like. After you submit a report, you’ll get steps you can take to protect yourself or try to get your money back.
GAO maintains the FraudNet hotline to support accountability across the federal government. If you suspect fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement of federal funds, FraudNet can help report your allegations to the right people.