How to Report Fraud in the State of California
To report fraud or a scam in the state of California, try the Attorney General, the Better Business Bureau or one of the the state and federal agencies listed on this page.
Office of the Attorney General
California Department of Justice
http://ag.ca.gov/consumers/mailform.htm
Attn: Public Inquiry Unit
P.O. Box 944255
Sacramento, CA 94244-2550
Voice: (916) 322-3360
(800) 952-5225 (Toll-free in CA)
Fax: (916) 323-5341
Employment Development Department
The California EDD offers several options for you to report fraud:
Report Unemployment Insurance, Disability Insurance, or Paid Family Leave fraud:
Report Payroll Tax fraud in California:
- Submit a Fraud Reporting Form on-line
- Call: 1-800-528-1783
- E-mail: ueo@edd.ca.gov
- Fax: 916-227-2772
- Mail us a UEO Lead Referral/Complaint Form, available in English (DE 660) and Spanish (DE 660/S/)
To report other types of fraud:
If your allegation involves fraud in the following programs please call the Agencies listed below.
- Workers Compensation - Contact the California State Department of Insurance at 1-800-927-4357.
- Social Security Insurance - Contact the Social Security Administration at 1-800-269-0271.
FBI Field Offices, Mortgage Fraud
White Collar Crime Supervisor
http://losangeles.fbi.gov/
11000 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1700, FOB
Los Angeles, CA 90024-3672
Phone: (310) 477-6565
White Collar Crime Supervisor
http://sacramento.fbi.gov/
4500 Orange Grove Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95841-4205
Phone: (916) 481-9110
White Collar Crime Supervisor
http://sandiego.fbi.gov/
Federal Office Building
9797 Aero Drive
San Diego, CA 92123-1800
Phone: (858) 565-1255
White Collar Crime Supervisor
http://sanfrancisco.fbi.gov/
450 Golden Gate Avenue, 13th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102-9523
Phone: (415) 553-7400
HUD Field Office
Fresno Field Office
2135 Fresno Street
Suite 100
Fresno, CA 93721-1718
Phone: (559) 487-5033
Fax: (559) 487-5191
Los Angeles Field Office
611 W. Sixth Street, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: (213) 894-8007
Fax: (213) 894-8110
Sacramento Field Office
925 L Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 498-5220
Fax: (916) 498-5262
San Diego Field Office
Symphony Towers, Suite 1600
750 B Street
San Diego, CA 92101-8131
Phone: (619) 557-5310
Fax: (619) 557-5312
Santa Ana Field Office
Santa Ana Federal Building, Room 7015
34 Civic Center Plaza
Santa Ana, CA 92701-4003
Phone: (714) 796-5577
Fax: (714) 796-1285
HUD Regional Office
San Francisco Regional Office
600 Harrison St. 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94107-1300
Phone: (415) 489-6400
Fax: (415) 489-6419
California Department of Corporations
Financial Services Division
http://www.corp.ca.gov/comp/fsdinst.htm
320 West 4th Street, Suite 750
Los Angles, CA 90013-2344
Toll-Free: (800) 347-6995 -- CA only
Phone: (213) 576-7690
Nationally Chartered Credit Unions
Region V - Tempe
http://www.ncua.gov/AboutNcua/org/Region5.htm
1230 W. Washington Street, Suite 301
Tempe, AZ 85281
Phone: (602) 302-6000
Fax: (602) 302-6024
State-Chartered Credit Unions
California Department of Financial Institutions
111 Pine Street, Suite 1100
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: (415) 263-8537
Fax: (415) 399-9515
Savings & Loan Association or Savings Bank
Office of Thrift Supervision
http://www.ots.treas.gov/resultsort.cfm?catNumber=88&dl=17&edit=1
E-mail: consumer.complaint@ots.treas.gov
West Region - San Francisco Regional Office
Pacific Plaza
2001 Junipero Serra Boulevard, Suite 650
Daly City, California 94014-1976
Mail: PO Box 7165
San Francisco, CA 94120-7165
Phone: (650) 746-7000
Fax: (650) 746-7001
Complaints: (800) 842-6929
Southern California Area Office
Bentall Executive Center
551 North Tustin Avenue, Suite 1050
Santa Ana, California 92705-8635
Phone: (714) 796-4700
Fax: (714) 796-4710
Complaints: (800) 842-6929
Seattle Area Office
101 Stewart Street, Suite 1010
Seattle, Washington 98101-2419
Phone: (206) 829-2600
Fax: (206) 829-2620
Complaints: (800) 842-6929
National Fair Housing Alliance
To locate your local office:
http://www.nationalfairhousing.org/html/memberOrgs/operating.htm
National Contact: E-mail: nfha@nationalfairhousing.org
1212 New York Avenue, NW Ste 525
Washington, DC 2005
Phone: (202) 898-1661
Fax: (202) 371-9744
California Department of Real Estate
http://www.dre.cahwnet.gov/
2201 Broadway
Sacramento, CA 95818-2500
Phone: (916) 227-0770
Fax: (916) 227-0777
California Office of Real Estate Appraisers
http://www.orea.ca.gov/
1102 Q Street, Suite 4100
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 552-9000
Better Business Bureau
Serving Kern, Inyo, Kings and South Tulare Counties
1601 H Street, Suite 101
Bakersfield CA 93301-4882
Phone: 661.322.2074
Fax: 661.322.8318
www.bakersfield.bbb.org
Better Business Bureau
Serving Central California
2519 W Shaw Suite 106
Fresno CA 93711
Phone: 559.222.8111
Fax: 559.228.6518
www.cencal.bbb.org
Better Business Bureau
Serving Oakland/San Francisco Area and Northwest Coastal California
510 16th Street Suite 550
Oakland CA 94612-1584
Phone: 510.238.1000
Fax: 510.238.1018
www.oakland.bbb.org
Better Business Bureau
BBB of San Francisco (Branch of Oakland)
114 Sansome Street, Suite 1108
San francisco, CA 94104
Phone: 415.243.9999
Fax: 415.291.8172
www.oakland.bbb.org
Better Business Bureau
Serving Northern Nevada
991 Bible Way
Reno, NV 89515-1269
Phone: 775-322-0657
Fax: 775-322-8163
www.reno.bbb.org
Better Business Bureau
Serving North Central California
400 S Street
Sacramento CA 95814-6997
Phone: 916.443.6843
Fax: 916.443.0376
www.sacramento.bbb.org
Better Business Bureau
Serving Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside & San Bernardino Counties
BBB of the Southland
315 N. La Cadena
P.O. Box 970
Colton, CA 92324
Phone: 909.825.7280
Fax: 909.825.6246
www.bbbsouthland.org
Better Business Bureau
City of Los Angeles (Branch of Colton)
3727 West Sixth Street, Suite 607
Los Angeles CA 90020
Phone: 900.505.1000 / 909.426.0813
Fax: 213.251.9986
www.bbbsouthland.org
Better Business Bureau
Encino, CA (Branch of Colton)
17609 Ventura Blvd., Suite LL03
Encino, CA 91316
Phone: 818.386.5510
Fax: 818.386.5513
www.bbbsouthland.org
Better Business Bureau
City of Torrance (Branch of Colton)
20280 S. Vermont Ave., Suite 201
Torrance, CA 90502
Phone: 900.505-1000 / 909.426.0813
Fax: 310.771.1446
www.bbbsouthland.org
Better Business Bureau
Serving Placentia (Branch of Colton)
550 W. Orangethorpe Ave.
Placentia CA 92870-6837
Phone: 900.505.1000 / 909.426.0813
Fax: 714.985.8920
www.bbbsouthland.org
Better Business Bureau
Serving San Diego and Imperial Counties
5050 Murphy Canyon, Suite 110
San Diego CA 92123
Phone: 858.496.2131
Fax: 858.496.2141
www.sandiego.bbb.org
Better Business Bureau
Serving Santa Clara Valley
2100 Forest Ave, Suite 110
San Jose CA 95128
Phone: 408.278.7400
Fax: 408.278.7444
www.sanjose.bbb.org
Better Business Bureau
Serving San Mateo County
510 Broadway, Suite 200
Millbrae, CA 94030-1966
Phone: 650.552.9222
Fax: 650.652.1748
www.sanmateo.bbb.org
Better Business Bureau
Serving Tri Counties--San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura Counties
P. O. Box 129
Santa Barbara, CA 93102
Phone: 805.963.8657
Fax: 805.962.8557
www.santabarbara.bbb.org
Better Business Bureau
Serving Mid Counties
11 S. San Joaquin St. Suite 803
Stockton CA 95202-3202
Phone: 209.948.4880
Fax: 209.465.6302
www.stockton.bbb.org
Internet Crime Complaint Center
IC3's mission is to serve as a vehicle to receive, develop, and refer criminal complaints regarding
the rapidly expanding arena of cyber crime. The IC3 gives the victims of cyber crime a convenient and
easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of suspected criminal or civil violations.
For law enforcement and regulatory agencies at the federal, state, local and international level, IC3
provides a central referral mechanism for complaints involving Internet related crimes.
Better Business Bureau
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) system in the U.S. extends across the nation; coast-to-coast, and in
Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico. Since the founding of the first BBB in 1912, the BBB system has proven
that the majority of marketplace problems can be solved fairly through the use of voluntary self-regulation
and consumer education.
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