To report fraud or a scam in the state of Iowa, 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.
Office of the Attorney General
Attorney General: Tom Miller
http://www.iowa.gov/government/ag/
Consumer Protection Division
http://www.state.ia.us/government/ag/protecting_consumers/index.html
Iowa Consumer Protection
Mailing Address:
Iowa Attorney General
Consumer Protection Division
1305 E. Walnut Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: 515-281-5926 or 1-888-777-4590
Fax: 515-281-6771
Email: consumer@ag.state.ia.us
Report Suspected Welfare Fraud
1-800-831-1394 (Toll Free)
Iowa FBI Field Office, Mortgage Fraud
White Collar Crime Supervisor
http://omaha.fbi.gov/
10755 Burt Street
Omaha, NE 68114-2000
Phone: 402-493-8688
HUD Field Office
Des Moines Field Office
210 Walnut Street, Room 239
Des Moines, IA 50309-2155
Phone: 515-284-4512
Fax: 515-284-4743
HUD Regional Office
Kansas City Regional Office
400 State Avenue, Room 200
Kansas City, KS 66101-2406
Phone: 913-551-5462
Fax: 913-551-5469
Iowa Division of Banking
200 East Grand Avenue, Suite 300
Des Moines, IA 50309-1827
Phone: 515-281-4014
Fax: 515-281-4862
Nationally Chartered Credit Union
Region IV – Austin
http://www.ncua.gov/AboutNcua/org/Region4.htm
4807 Spicewood Springs Rd., Suite 5200
Austin, TX 78759-8490
Phone: 512-342-5600
Fax: 512-342-5620
State Chartered Credit Unions
Iowa Credit Union Division
200 East Grand Avenue, Suite 370
Des Moines, Iowa, 50309
Phone: 515-281-6514
Savings & Loan Association or Savings Bank
Office of Thrift Supervision
Consumer Complaints and Inquiries
Email: consumer.complaint@ots.treas.gov
Midwest Region – Dallas
225 E. John Carpenter Freeway, Suite 500
Irving, Texas 75062-2326
Phone: 972-277-9500
Complaints: 800-842-6929
Iowa Professional Licensing Division
Iowa Real Estate Salespersons and Brokers
http://www.state.ia.us/government/com/prof/sales/home.html
Complaints:
Telephone: 515-281-7382
Email: sandy.malek@Iowa.gov
Fax: 515-281-7411
Address: 1920 S.E. Hulsizer Road
Ankeny, IA 50021-3941
Iowa Real Estate Appraisers
http://www.state.ia.us/government/com/prof/appraiser/home.html
Iowa Appraiser Examining Board
1920 S.E. Hulsizer Road
Ankeny, IA 50021-3941
Phone: 515-281-7393
Iowa Better Business Bureau (BBB)
Better Business Bureau of Central & Eastern Iowa
http://iowa.bbb.org
Email: info@dm.bbb.org
Phone: 515-243-8137
Fax: 515-243-2227
505 5th Ave., Ste. 950
Des Moines IA 50309-2375
Better Business Bureau of Nebraska, South Dakota & Southwest Iowa
http://nebraska.bbb.org
Email: info@bbbnebraska.org
Phone: 402-391-7612
Fax: 402-391-7535
11811 P Street
Omaha NE 68137
Better Business Bureau of Quad Cities
http://iowa.bbb.org
Email: info@dm.bbb.org
Phone: 563-355-6344
Fax: 563-355-0306
2435 Kimberly Road, Ste. 260 N
Bettendorf IA 52722-4100
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.
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.
I was left a message on my telephone to call the IRS about a lawsuit pending against me. The number left to call was 253 444- 0418. When I call to find what was going on a person identified themself as officer Edward Burns with the IRS but would not say whether state or federal when I continued to try to get information from him the phone went dead. I called back and it sounded like the same person this time identifying themself as Mark Dawson with the IRS again when pressed for information the phone went dead. I don’t know of any reason the IRS would be contacting me. I suspect a scam or fraud. I called our local police and there is no effort probally in any locality, to either log or follow up anything like these types of suspected scams. How do we protect ourselves from this activity? Isn’t it a felony to impersonate a federal employee? Do you follow up any complaints? Thanks
cordially
rabuban
I was reached by Facebook Lottery in which I was to receive a large amount of money and they are asking for money up front to receive the larger amount! I would like to file a claim against them as I believe that is a scam and needs to be shut down! Please confirm and contact me about this issue.
I received the call about enforcement action from the US Treasury I knew it was fraud when I called them back they demanded my name even though the name they were requesting was the wrong one how do I report this.