Consumer Basics

Internet Crime Complaint Center

The Internet Crime Complaint Center's self-proclaimed mission is to “serve as a vehicle to receive, develop, and refer criminal complaints regarding the rapidly expanding arena of cyber crime.”

Internet Crime Complaint Center
http://www.ic3.gov

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), which began operating in 2000, is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), funded in part by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).  Its self-proclaimed mission is to “serve as a vehicle to receive, develop, and refer criminal complaints regarding the rapidly expanding arena of cyber crime.”  In plain English, it simply means that if you’re a victim of an Internet-related crime, you can file an online complaint with IC3 and it will pass your complaint on to the proper authorities.

IC3 receives complaints relating to several different areas.  Some of those areas are:


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