If you were targeted by an online or phone scam—phishing, fake shopping, robocalls, spoofing, or someone trying to trick you into sending money or personal info—use the links below to report to the right U.S. agency.
Who: The FTC collects reports of scams and shares them with law enforcement.
When to use: Use this for most consumer scams, fake businesses, and fraud attempts (calls, emails, or online).
What to prepare:
Who: The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) handles internet-related crime.
When to use: Use this for phishing, online shopping fraud, crypto scams, hacked accounts, and other internet crime.
What to prepare:
Who: The FCC handles complaints about robocalls, spoofing, and phone/text scams.
When to use: Use this when the problem is unwanted calls, caller ID spoofing, or text scams.
What to prepare:
See also USA.gov – Phone scams for more on reporting phone and text scams.
Detailed guides and where to report each: