Privacy Act Statement

• Your name and contact information (email, phone number)
• Your mailing address
• Your country of residence
• Information about how to contact you

Note: You can choose to submit reports anonymously without providing personal contact information.

• Type of fraud or scam experienced
• Date and location of the incident
• Description of what happened
• Amount of money lost (if applicable)
• Information about the scammer or fraudulent business

• Your IP address
• Browser type and version
• Device information
• Timestamp of your report submission

Purpose: This information helps us verify the authenticity of reports and prevent fraudulent submissions.

Your report is used to investigate fraud, identify patterns, and build cases against fraudsters. This information may be shared with law enforcement agencies to support criminal investigations and prosecutions.

Your report is entered into the Consumer Sentinel Network, a secure database shared with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. This helps identify fraud trends and emerging threats.

We analyze aggregated and anonymized data from reports to understand fraud patterns, identify vulnerable populations, and develop targeted consumer education campaigns.

If you provide contact information, we may reach out to you if we need additional details about your report or to inform you of relevant developments in your case.

Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies receive relevant information from your report to support investigations and prosecutions. This includes the Department of Justice, state attorneys general, and local police departments.

Banks, credit card companies, and other financial institutions may receive information about fraud schemes to help protect their customers and prevent future incidents.

Other federal agencies involved in consumer protection, such as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and state consumer protection offices, may receive relevant information.

For cross-border fraud schemes, information may be shared with international law enforcement partners and organizations to combat global fraud networks.

• All data is transmitted using secure HTTPS encryption
• Data is stored in secure, access-controlled databases
• Regular security audits and vulnerability assessments
• Multi-factor authentication for staff access

• Only authorized personnel can access your information
• Access is limited to what's necessary for their job
• All access is logged and monitored
• Staff undergo regular security training

Your information is retained for as long as necessary to accomplish the purposes for which it was collected, typically for several years to support ongoing investigations and analysis. After that period, it is securely destroyed.

You can request a copy of the report you submitted. Use your report reference number to access your information through our system or contact us for assistance.

If you believe information in your report is inaccurate, you can request corrections. Contact us with your report reference number and the corrections you'd like to make.

You can submit a report without providing personal contact information. This allows you to report fraud while maintaining your privacy.

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you can file a complaint with the FTC's Office of Inspector General or contact us directly.