Fighting White-Collar Criminals
Scams and Schemes
Don’t Get Collared By White-Collar Criminals
01/27/06
Seems you can hardly catch the news these days and not come across a story about identity theft, public corruption, mortgage fraud, stock manipulations, money laundering, and countless other schemes and scams engineered by criminals with a lust for money—what’s commonly called “White-Collar Crime.”
How is the FBI fighting back? And what can YOU do to keep from getting scammed yourselves?
We’ve got the answers on our newly redesigned White-Collar Crime webpage.
For example, here you can:
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Read up on interesting FBI cases—involving everything from investment fraud to moving company scams...from Spanish lottery schemes to celebrity memorabilia fraud and staged auto accidents.
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Test your fraud awareness and get tips for avoiding Nigerian letter or “419” fraud, advance fee schemes, “Ponzi” schemes, and other common frauds.
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If you’ve been cheated, learn about the rights and services available to you as a victim and how to report crime tips to us through your local FBI field office or our Internet tip line.
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Get details on our major white-collar crime programs and initiatives and learn more about our related efforts to combat public corruption/government fraud, Internet fraud, Hurricane Katrina frauds, and money laundering.
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Visit the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel and find a treasure trove of fraud statistics, trends, and other information.
Everything you wanted to know about white-collar crime is just a click away!
P.S. If you want to learn more about how to protect yourself from terrorism and other kinds of crime, be sure to visit our Be Crime Smart webpage.