Scam Alerts and Reporting
Unfortunately, every day thousands of Americans fall prey to financial fraud. In many cases, these scams are targeted at the most vulnerable among us in their most vulnerable moments.
The following resources are provided to help you avoid fraudsters, alert you to known scams, and to assist you in reporting fraudulent activities if you or someone you know has become a victim.
Working together, we can help protect each other, and ensure that those who would exploit the weaknesses of others for personal gain are stopped and brought to justice.
Fraud Prevention
- Federal Bureau of Investigation – Internet Crime Prevention Tips - Guidelines for avoiding internet scams.
- Identity Theft - How to keep your personal information secure.
- Ohio Protects - Comprehensive fraud prevention and reporting tool from the Ohio Attorney General.
Alerts
- Better Business Bureau Scam Tracker - Advice and articles on scams from private business accreditation agency.
- Federal Bureau of Investigation – e-Scams - Updated listing of internet scams.
- Federal Trade Commission - Alerts with special focus on trades and investments.
- Internal Revenue Service – Tax Scams/Consumer Alerts - Consumer alerts, with special emphasis on tax fraud.
Reporting
- Portage County Sheriff - Resources for identifying and reporting scams locally.
- Ohio Attorney General - Online tool for reporting fraud to the state’s top lawyer.
- ReportFraud.FTC.gov - Protect your community by reporting frauds, scams and bad business practices.