REPORTING
CRIME
ONLINE

Thanks to the National Crime Prevention Council and McGruff, the Crime Dog.
 
The internet offers you many ways to notify law enforcement of criminal activity. Online complaint forms are available on the websites of government agencies and other organizations that are working to fight certain types of crime. These complaints go into secure online databases that are available to humdreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies worldwide.
 
Any crime that is dangerous or life-threatening should be reported directly to local law enforcement. Credit card companies and financial institutions should be notified by phone as soon as fraud is suspected.
But crimes such as identity theft, computer hacking, spam, and telemarketing fraud may be best addressed by agencies that specialize in these problems.
Here is a list of online reporting portals, emails, and phone numbers for the following complaints:
 

 
CHARITY FRAUD
[]www.bbs.org: Better Business Bureau (BBB)
[]www.ic3.gov: Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
[]www.fraud.org: National Fraud Information Center (NFIC)
[]NFIC hotline at 800-876-7060
 
CHILD PRONOGRAPHY
OR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION

[]www.cybertipline.com:National Center for Exploited and Missing Children (NCEMC)
[]NCEMC Hotline: 800-the-lost (800-843-5678)24 hours a day
[]www.ic3.gov: Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)

COMPUTER INTRUSIONS & CYBER THREATS
[]www.ic3.gov: Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
[]www.treas.gov/usss/net_intrusion_forms.shtml: U.S. Secret Service
[]www.us-cert.gov: U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team

IDENTITY THEFT
[]www.ic3.gov: Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
[]www.consumer.gov/idtheft: Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
FTC's Identity Theft Hotline: 877-438-4338
[]Dept. of Justice: www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fraud/idtheft.html []www.bbb.org: Better Business Bureau (BBB)

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
[] www.ic3.gov: Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
[] www.ice.gov/graphics/cornerstone/ipr/IPRForm.htm: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
[] www.sba.org: Software Business Alliance

INTERNET-RELATED FRAUD
[]www.ic3.gov: Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
[]eBay, check, Katrina relief, and other fraud/scam tips: tipswww.carbuyingtips.com/fraud.htm
(this is well-worth reading - gets really interesting near the middle of the page.)
[]www.consumer.gov/sentinel: Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

MAIL FRAUD
[]U.S. Postal Service (USPS):
www.usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/MailFraudComplaint.htm


OBSCENITY CRIMES
[]www.fcc.gov/cgb/complaints.html: Federal Communications Communications
[]FCC email: fccinfo@fcc.gov
[]Morality in the Media: www.obscenitycrimes.org

ONLINE SECURITIES FRAUD
[]U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
(SEC)(Investment-related Spam email)www.sec.gov/complaint.shtml
[]email: enforcement@sec.gov

ONLINE TRANSACTION INVOLVING A FOREIGN COMPANY
[]Agencies from 19 Nations: www.econsumer.gov

PHISHING
[] defination
[] Anti-Phishing Working Group: http://antiphishing.org
[] www.ic3.gov: Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
Federal Trade Commission (FTC): www.consumer.gov/sentinel

PRIVACY VIOLATIONS
[] Privacy Rights Clearinghouse: www.privacyrights.org
[] Better Gusiness Bureau (BBB): www.bbb.org


 

 

 

SUSPICIOUS ONLINE PHARMACIES
[]Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA): www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/
[]877.Rx-abuse (877-792-8273
[]Food & Drug Administration: www.fda.gov/oc/buyonline/buyonlineform.htm

TELEMARKETING FRAUD
[]national Fraud Information Center (NFIC): www.fraud.org
[]NFIC Hotline: 800-876-7060
[]Federal Trade Commission (FTC): www.consumer.gov/sentinel

TERRORIST ACTIVITY
[]FBI: www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/fo.htm

UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL EMAIL (SPAM)
[]Federal Trade Commission (FTC) email: SPAM@UCE.gov
[]Investment-related spam email: www.sec.gov/complaint.shtml

VIOLATION OF DO-NOT-CALL REGISTRY
[]National Do Not Call Registry: www.donotcall.gov

WIRELESS &: WIRELINE PHONE FRAUD
[]Federal Communications Commission (FCC): www.fcc.gov/cgb/complaints.html
[]888-CALL-FCC (888-225-5322)

SLAMMING
(when your phone service has been switched without your authorization:
[]Slamming@fcc.gov
 

 

 
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