Other Resources to Help Prevent, Understand or Recover From Scams

Other Resources to Help Prevent, Understand or Recover From Scams

The additional resources linked below may help you to uncover a scam, understand a scam or protect yourself from scams.

• Search the FTC database to see if a particular company or product has been investigated for false advertising, defective products or other trade issues? Just search the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) database.
• What to do if you think you have already been the victim of a fraud or identity theft
• Click here for State and Local Consumer Protection Agencies, Master List for the United States - If you are looking for the best local consumer protection agency to use to report a scam, seek advice, to obtain assistance in resolving a dispute, this list has the contact information!
• If you are looking for your local FBI Office Listings to report a crime or scam, click here.
• Guidance about how to protect yourself
• Links, phone numbers and sign up information for the National Do-Not-Call List and the credit card offers opt-out list
• Consumer Rights: Common misconceptions
• Domain extension List - Country Codes explained
• Email headers - how to see them and understand what they tell you about who sent that email!
• Telephone country codes - sorted by code number - find out in which country the scammer's phone number is registered.
• Telephone country codes - sorted alphabetically, by country name - find out in which country the scammer's phone number is registered.
• Recommendations about which products work best for anti-spyware, anti-adware, ant-virus, etc. and links to discounted prices.
• Information about the latest scams, frauds and identity theft attempts