To report fraud or a scam in the state of Maryland, contact the Attorney General, the Better Business Bureau or one of the Federal, state or local agencies listed.
Office of the Attorney General
Attorney General: Douglas F. Gansler
200 St. Paul Place
Baltimore, MD 21202
410-576-6300
888-743-0023 toll-free in Maryland
TDD: 410-576-6372
File Complaints Online
File a Consumer or medical Complaint
Identity Theft Unit
Phone: 410-576-6491
Email: [email protected].
Consumer Protection Division
[email protected]
410-528-8662 Consumer complaint hotline
410-528-1840 Medical billing complaints
1-877-261-8807 (toll-free) Health plan decision appeals
Branch Offices:
Cumberland 301-722-2000
Frederick 301-600-1071
Hagerstown 301-791-4780
Hughesville 301-274-4620 or 1-866-366-8343 (toll free)
Salisbury 410-713-3620
Report Maryland Government waste & Fraud
Phone: 1-877-FRAUD-11
Toll Free: 1-877-372-8311
Report Welfare Fraud in Maryland
Fraud Hotline: 1-800-492-5515
Office of the Inspector General
Maryland Dept. of Human Resources
Office of the Inspector General
311 W. Saratoga Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Email: [email protected]
Fax: 410-358-0750
FBI Field Office, Mortgage Fraud
http://baltimore.fbi.gov/
White Collar Crime Supervisor
2600 Lord Baltimore
Baltimore, MD 21244
Phone: 410-265-8080
HUD Field Office
Baltimore Field Office
10 South Howard Street, 5th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201-2505
Phone: 410-962-2520
Fax: 410-962-1849
HUD Regional Office
Philadelphia Regional Office
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square, East
Philadelphia, PA 19107-3380
Phone: 215-656-0500
Fax: 215-656-3445
State of Maryland Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation
File a Complaint
500 North Calvert Street, Room 402
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 410-230-6100
Phone: 410-333-3866
Nationally Chartered Credit Unions
Region II – Capital
http://www.ncua.gov/AboutNcua/org/Region2.htm
1775 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3437
Phone: 703-519-4600
Fax: 703-519-4620
State-Chartered Credit Unions
Maryland Division of Financial Regulation
500 North Calvert St., Rm. 402
Baltimore, MD 21202-3651
Phone: 410-230-6100
Fax: 410-333-0475
Savings & Loan Association or Savings Bank
Office of Thrift Supervision
Consumer Complaints and Inquiries
Email: [email protected]
Southeast Region – Atlanta
1475 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Phone: 404-888-0771
Complaints: 800-842-6929
Southeast Region – Chicago
1 South Wacker Drive – Suite 2000
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Phone 312-917-5000
Complaints: 800-842-6929
National Fair Housing Alliance
http://www.nationalfairhousing.org/
National Contact: Email: [email protected]
1212 New York Avenue, NW Ste 525
Washington, DC 2005
Phone: 202-898-1661
Fax: 202-371-9744
Maryland Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing
Maryland Real Estate Commission
500 North Calvert Street
Baltimore, MD 21202-3651
Phone: 410-230-6230
Fax: 410-333-0023
Email: [email protected]
Maryland Commission of Real Estate Appraisers and Home Inspectors
500 North Calvert Street
Baltimore, MD 21202-3651
Phone: 410-230-6165
Fax: 410-333-6314
Email: [email protected]
Maryland Better Business Bureau (BBB)
Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland
http://greatermd.bbb.org
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 410-347-3990
Fax: 410-347-3936
1414 Key Highway, Suite 100
Baltimore MD 21230-5189
Better Business Bureau of Metro Washington DC & Eastern Pennsylvania
http://dc-easternpa.bbb.org
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 202-393-8000
Fax: 202-393-1198
1411 K St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington DC 20005-3404
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.
My husband is recently unemployed and was entertaining a job offer. However, during the telephone interview they kept asking for the name of the bank we use which my husband did not divulge. The process did not feel right so he merely sent them a text that he was no longer pursuing the job. Yesterday we received a FedEx envelope with a check for $4,550.00 with a letter from this company advising it was for start up materials. My husband contacted them to see if they wanted the check returned or if they would just do a stop payment. The company advised that the only way to return the money was to deposit the check into our account and write them our check for the same amount. He advised we would merely return the check. At 1 a.m. this morning they were texting us wanting to know where their check is. My husband has saved the text messages he exchanged with the company and we still have the original check and letter. I feel like there is some sort of fraud going on here but I’m not sure how to proceed. Please advise.