Mail Fraud Reporting

Submitted by superadmin on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 11:51pm
Definition
Programs that provide a hotline, website or other mechanisms that people can use to report false mail order advertising, receipt of unsolicited merchandise, chain letters, free prize or vacation schemes, government look-alike mail, work-at-home schemes, phony job opportunities, home improvement/repair frauds, missing persons fraud schemes, prison pen pal money order scams, fraudulent health and medical products, pyramid sales promotions, credit card schemes, solicitations disguised as invoices, 900 telephone number schemes, coupon redemption scams, land fraud schemes, oil and gas investment frauds, cut-rate insurance fraud, franchise schemes, or other fraudulent business schemes that are carried out through the mail. Reports may be filed by mail fraud victims or by people who have information about individuals they know to be perpetrating these types of scams.
URL Name
FN-1700-1470-500
Third Level Code
FN-1700
Taxonomy Code
FN-1700.1470-500
Parent Code
FN-1700.1470
Family Code
F
Second Level Code
FN
Fifth Level Code
FN-1700-1470-500
Fourth Level Code
FN-1700-1470
Use References
Mail Fraud Complaints, Postal Fraud Complaints, Postal Fraud Reporting
Publication Status
Draft