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fight fraud!
Protect your community by reporting fraud, scams, and bad business practices.
Report to help
fight fraud!
Protect your community by reporting fraud, scams, and bad business practices.
How it works
Tell us what happened
Report a scam, a company, or an unwanted call.
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Find out what you can do to protect yourself.
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We use and share reports with our law enforcement partners to help with investigations.
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Scammers are impersonating the FTC. Know that the FTC will never threaten you, say you must transfer your money to “protect it,” or tell you to withdraw cash or buy gold and give it to someone.
Learn more atftc.gov/impersonators
The power of ReportFraud.ftc.gov
Your report is sharedwith more than 2,800 law enforcers.
We can’t resolve your individual report, but we use reports to investigate and bring cases against fraud, scams, and bad business practices.
Read our Privacy Act statement to learn more about how we collect and use your information.
Start your report now, or check out what is going on in your state or metro area by visiting ftc.gov/exploredata.
ReportFraud.ftc.gov is the federal government’s website where you can report fraud, scams, and bad business practices.
Visit consumer.ftc.gov to find tips and learn how to avoid scams.
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