How to Avoid Scams

Protect Your Information—Guard Your Card
Your Social Security number is key to your personal

and financial information. Protecting it is
essential to prevent identity theft and avoid scams.
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Better Business Bureau Scam Tracker
Website: http://www.bbb.org/scamtracker
Federal Trade Commission on Identity Theft
Website: https://www.identitytheft.gov/
Do Not Call List
- Website: www.donotcall.gov
Suffolk County Financial Crimes Unit
Phone: 631-852-6821 or 631-852-2677
Suffolk County Adult Protective Services
- Phone 631-854-3232
- Website: https://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Social-Services/FAQs/Adult-Protective-Services-FAQs
Suffolk County Office of the Aging
- Phone: 631-852-8200
- Website: https://suffolkcountyny.gov/aging
Department of Justice’s National Elder Fraud Hotline
- Phone: 833-372-8311
- Website: https://ovc.ojp.gov/program/stop-elder-fraud/providing-help-restoring-hope
Federal Trade Commission
- Phone: 277-382-4357
- Website: reportfraud.ftc.gov
- Website: IdentityTheft.gov
Internal Revenue Service
- Website: www.IRS.gov

Credit Reporting Agencies