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How to Report Fraud in the State of Florida

To report fraud or a scam in the state of Florida, we've provided the contact information for the Attorney General, the Better Business Bureau and many Federal, state and local agencies.

Florida Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General: Bill McCollum
http://myfloridalegal.com/
Mailing Address:
Office of Attorney General
State of Florida
The Capitol PL-01
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050

Fraud Hotline: 1-866-966-7226
Online Consumer Compaint Form
Download the Consumer Complaint Form PDF
Return to: Office of the Attorney General
PL-01 The Capitol
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1050
Telephone: 850-414-3990
Toll Free within Florida: 1-866-966-7226

Florida Attorney General - Consumer Protection
http://myfloridalegal.com/consumer
The Capitol PL-01
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050
Phone: 850-414-3300

Lemon Law Hotline 1-800-321-5366 (toll free)

Medicaid Fraud

West Palm Beach, FL Office
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
Office of the Attorney General
1515 N. Flagler Drive, Suite 900
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Voice: 561-837-5000
Fax: 561-837-5100

Fort Myers, FL Office
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
Office of the Attorney General
2075 West First Street, Suite 201
Riverfront Center
Fort Myers, FL 33901
Voice: 239-338-2442
Fax: 239-338-2304

Tampa, FL Office
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
Office of the Attorney General
Concourse Center 4
3507 E. Frontage Road, Suite 200
Tampa, FL 33607-1795
Voice: 813-287-7940
Fax: 813-281-5513

Florida FBI Field Offices, Mortgage Fraud

White Collar Crime Supervisor
http://jacksonville.fbi.gov/
7820 Arlington Expressway, Suite 200
Jacksonville, FL 32211-7499
Phone: 904-721-1211

White Collar Crime Supervisor
http://miami.fbi.gov/
16320 NW 2nd Avenue
North Miami Beach, FL 33169-6508
Phone: 305-944-9101

White Collar Crime Supervisor
http://tampa.fbi.gov/
500 Zack Street, Room 610, FOB
Tampa, FL 33602-3917
Phone: 813-273-4566

HUD Field Office

Jacksonville Field Office
Charles E. Bennett Federal Building
400 W. Bay Street, Suite 1015
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Phone: 904-232-2627
Fax: 904-232-3759

Miami Field Office
909 SE First Avenue
Miami, FL 33131
Phone: 305-536-4456
Fax: 305-536-5765

Orlando Field Office
3751 Maguire Boulevard, Room 270
Orlando, FL 32803-3032
Phone: 407-648-6441
Fax: 407-648-6310

Tampa Field Office
500 Zack Street, Suite 402
Tampa, FL 33602
Phone: 813-228-2026
Fax: 813-228-2431

HUD Regional Office

Atlanta Regional Office
40 Marietta Street
Five Points Plaza
Atlanta, GA 30303-2806
Phone: 404-331-4111
Fax: 404-730-2392

Florida Department of Banking and Finance

QUESTION & COMPLAINT HOTLINES

Get Lean Line
1-800-GET LEAN (438-5326) answers calls from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., about waste, fraud and abuse in state government, and accepts suggestions on how the state can save money. You can leave a message during non-working hours. Callers can remain anonymous. Names are kept confidential, when given. Banking: 850-410-9111

Office of Financial Institutions and Regulation Consumer Hotline
1-800-848-3792 (Florida only) takes questions and complaints from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday thru Friday on businesses regulated by the Divisions of Banking, Finance, and Securities, and on matters of investigatory interest to the Office of Financial Investigations.

Funeral & Cemetary Hotline
1-800-323-2627 Takes questions and complaints about regulation of cemeteries in the State or "pre-need" requirements.

Note: Hearing impaired citizens can call the department's TDD line at 850-410-9700.

Division of Financial Investigations
101 East Gaines Street, Suite 516
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0350
Toll Free: 800-848-3792 (Florida only)
Phone: 850-410-9275
Fax: 850-410-9628

Florida Division of Insurance Fraud
http://www.myfloridacfo.com/fraud/
101 East Gaines Street, Suite 516
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0350
Toll Free: 800-848-3792 (Florida only)
Phone: 850-410-9275
Fax: 850-410-9628

Nationally Chartered Credit Unions

Region III - Atlanta
http://www.ncua.gov/AboutNcua/org/Region3.htm
7000 Central Parkway, Suite 1600
Atlanta, GA 30328
Phone: 678-443-3000
Fax: 678-443-3020

State-Chartered Credit Unions

Florida Division of Banking
101 East Gaines Street, Ste. 636
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0350
Phone: 850-410-9111
Fax: 850-410-9548

Savings & Loan Association or Savings Bank

Office of Thrift Supervision
Consumer Complaints and Inquiries
Email: consumer.complaint@ots.treas.gov
Southeast Region - Atlanta
1475 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Phone: 404-888-0771
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

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Division of Consumer Services
http://www.800helpfla.com/
2005 Apalachee Parkway
Terry Rhodes Building
Tallahassee, FL 32399-6500
Phone: 1-800-HELP-FLA (435-7352)

Florida Real Estate Commission (REC) Home Page

Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation
Division of Real Estate
http://www.myflorida.com/dbpr/re/index.html

Disciplinary Activity Reports of Brokers and Appraisers:
http://www.myflorida.com/dbpr/re/FREABDARs.html
1940 North Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1027
Phone: 850-487-1395
Fax: 850-922-4191

Florida Better Business Bureau (BBB)

Better Business Bureau of Central Florida
http://centralflorida.bbb.org
Email: info@centralflorida.bbb.org
Phone: 407-621-3300
Fax: 407-786-2625
1600 S. Grant Street
Longwood FL 32750

Better Business Bureauof Northeast Florida
http://bbbnefla.org
Email: info@bbbnefla.org
Phone: 904-721-2288
Fax: 904-721-7373
4417 Beach Blvd., Suite 202
Jacksonville FL 32207

Better Business Bureau of Northwest Florida
http://nwfl.bbb.org
Email: info@nwfl.bbb.org
Phone: 850-429-0002
Fax: 850-429-0006
912 E. Gadsden St.
Pensacola FL 32501

Better Business Bureau of Southeast Florida & the Caribbean
http://Seflorida.bbb.org
Email: info@wpbbb.com
Phone: 561-842-1918
Fax: 561-845-7234
4411 Beacon Circle, Ste. 4
West Palm Beach FL 33407

Better Business Bureau of Southeast Florida & the Caribbean
http://www.bbbsoutheastflorida.org
Email: westpalm@gte.net
Phone: 772-223-1492
Fax: 772-463-2439
101 S E Ocean Boulevard Unit 202
Stuart FL 34994

Better Business Bureau of Southeast Florida & the Caribbean
http://www.bbbsoutheastflorida.org
Email: westpalm@gte.net
Phone: 305-827-5363
Fax: 305-827-5850
14750 NW 77th Court, Suite 317
Miami Lakes FL 33016

Better Business Bureau of West Florida
http://westflorida.bbb.org
Email: info@bbbwestflorida.org
Phone: 727-535-5522
Fax: 727-539-6301
2655 McCormick Drive
Clearwater FL 33759

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.