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How to Report Fraud in the State of California

To report fraud or a scam in the state of California, start with the Attorney General, Better Business Bureau or contact the local municipal, state or Federal regulators most likely to have answers to your questions.

California Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General: Edmund G. Brown
AG http://ag.ca.gov/
California Department of Justice
Attn: Public Inquiry Unit
P.O. Box 944255
Sacramento, CA 94244-2550
Phone: 916-322-3360
Toll-Free: 800-952-5225 (in CA)
Fax: 916-323-5341
Consumer Complaint Form

California Employment Development Department

The California EDD offers several options for you to report fraud:

Report Unemployment Insurance, Disability Insurance, or Paid Family Leave fraud:

Submit a Fraud Reporting Form on-line
Call: 1-800-229-6297

Report Payroll Tax Fraud:

Submit a Fraud Reporting Form on-line
Call: 1-800-528-1783
Email: ueo@edd.ca.gov
Fax: 916-227-2772
Mail a UEO Lead Referral/Complaint Form. English (DE 660) or 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.

California Lemon Law

If an auto dealer fails to comply with the Car Buyer's Bill of Rights, you may complete and mail a Record of Complaint Form (INV 172A) to the Department of Motor Vehicles. The form is available:

On the Internet at www.dmv.ca.gov under the Forms menu,
By calling 1-800-777-0133 to have it mailed to you, or
At your local DMV field office.

The form provides the addresses of DMV Investigations District Offices.

Check an auto dealer's license status

You can check a dealer's license status by going online at www.dmv.ca.gov and click on the links:

"Online Services," and
"Occupational Licensing Information System."

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/FSD/default.asp
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
Consumer Complaints and Inquiries
Email: 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: 50-746-7000
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

http://www.nationalfairhousing.org/
National Contact: Email: 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

California Better Business Bureau (BBB)

Better Business Bureau of Central California
http://fresno.bbb.org
Email: info@bbbcencal.org
Phone: 559-222-8111
Fax: 559-228-6518
4201 W. Shaw Ave., Ste. 107
Fresno CA 93722

Better Business Bureau of Central California
http://bakersfield.bbb.org
Email: info@bbbcencal.org
Phone: 661-322-2074
Fax: 661-322-8318
1601 H Street, Suite 101
Bakersfield CA 93301

Better Business Bureau of Northeast California
http://Necal.bbb.org
Email: info@necal.bbb.org
Phone: 916-443-6843
Fax: 916-443-0376
3075 Beacon Blvd
West Sacramento CA 95691

Better Business Bureau of Northern Nevada
http://reno.bbb.org
Email: information@renobbb.org
Phone: 775-322-0657
Fax: 775-322-8163
991 Bible Way
Reno NV 89502

Better Business Bureau of Northern San Joaquin Valley & Mother Lode
http://midcal.bbb.org
Email: info@midcalbbb.org
Phone: 209-948-4880
Fax: 209-465-6302
11 S. San Joaquin Street, Ste. 803
Stockton CA 95202-3202

Better Business Bureau of San Diego
http://sandiego.bbb.org
Email: info@sandiego.bbb.org
Phone: 858-496-2131
Fax: 858-496-2141
5050 Murphy Canyon, Ste. 110
San Diego CA 92123

Better Business Bureau of Silicon Valley
http://sanjose.bbb.org
Email: info@bbbsilicon.org
Phone: 408-278-7400
Fax: 408-278-7444
1112 S Bascom Ave
San Jose CA 95128

Better Business Bureau of the Golden Gate & Northern California
http://goldengate.bbb.org
Email: info@goldengate.bbb.org
Phone: 510-844-2000
Fax: 510-844-2100
1000 Broadway, Ste. 625
Oakland CA 94607

Better Business Bureau of the Southland
http://la.bbb.org
Email: info@labbb.org
Phone: 909-825-7280
Fax: 909-825-6246
315 N. La Cadena
Colton CA 92324-2927

Better Business Bureau of the Tri-Counties
http://santabarbara.bbb.org
Email: info@santabarbara.bbb.org
Phone: 805-963-8657
Fax: 805-962-8557
213 Santa Barbara St.
Santa Barbara CA 93101

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.