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Report Immigration Scams

Have you been a victim of an immigration services scam, and need to find help? Use this page to learn how and where to report immigration scams.

Reporting scams will not affect your immigration application or petition.

Please help stop the unauthorized practice of immigration law by standing up to scammers and reporting them. Also, many states allow you to report scams anonymously.

How to Report Immigration Scams

Report the scam to your state consumer protection office. See the table below for state-specific information.

If you lost money or other possessions in a scam, report it to your local police, too. To learn more about where to report fraud and scams, visit USA.gov’s Common Scams and Frauds webpage.

You can always report scams to the Federal Trade Commission. In the table below, we've included information on where to report scams in your state and links to the laws that protect you as a consumer.

Scam Websites and Social Media Accounts

Some websites and social media accounts claim to be affiliated with USCIS and offer step-by-step guidance on completing a USCIS application or petition. To report a website or social media account that claims to be affiliated with USCIS, send an email to uscis.webmaster@uscis.dhs.gov.

Where to Report Immigration Scams by State

Disclaimer: USCIS collected state and territory information from the official government websites of all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. Although we attempted to verify the information contained in these listings, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of all phone numbers, web addresses, and other information.

A to H
State Where to Report State Laws
Alabama Alabama State Bar Alabama Deceptive Trade Practices Act
Alaska Attorney General, Consumer Protection Unit Alaska Consumer Protection Act
Arizona

Attorney General, Consumer Information and Complaints

State Bar of Arizona

State Bar of Arizona (en Espanol)

Tucson Better Business Bureau, Notario Fraud

Arizona Immigration and Nationality Unfair Practices Act (Chapter 18)
Arkansas Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division

Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act

File a Consumer Complaint

California

Attorney General, Office of Immigrant Assistance 

State Bar of California

Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, Fraud Unit

Immigration Consultants Act
Colorado

Colorado Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division

Report a Crime Online Colorado Springs

Colorado Consumer Protection Act
Connecticut

Attorney General, Consumer Protection Department

Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Complaint Center

2009 Unfair Trade Practices Act

Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (CUTPA)

Delaware Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division

Consumer Fraud Act

Deceptive Practices Act

Florida

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Consumer Services Division

Florida State Bar

Florida Attorney General's Office, Consumer Protection

Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act
Georgia

Office of Consumer Protection

Georgia State Bar, Unlicensed Practice of Law

Georgia's Fair Business Practices Law
Guam Attorney General, Consumer Protection Unit Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act (PDF)
Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Office of Consumer Protection Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices
I to M
State Where to Report State Laws
Idaho

Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division

Idaho State Bar, Unauthorized Practice of Law Complaint

Idaho Consumer Protection Act
Illinois

Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division

Attorney General, Immigrant Assistance Program

Illinois State Bar UPL Task Force

Attorney Act, 705 ILCS 205/1

Corporation Practice of Law Prohibition Act, 705 ILCS 220

Consumer Fraud Act, 815 ILCS 505/2AA and 2BB

Indiana

Attorney General

Indiana State Bar

Deceptive Consumer Sales Act
Iowa

Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division

Iowa Supreme Court UPL Complaints

Iowa Consumer Fraud Act
Kansas Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division Kansas Consumer Protection Act
Kentucky Report Scams in Kentucky Kentucky Consumer Protection Act
Louisiana Attorney General, Consumer Protection Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law
Maine Attorney General Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act (PDF)
Maryland

Maryland Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division

Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland

Consumer Protection Act
Massachusetts Massachusetts Attorney General, Consumer Complaints The Massachusetts Consumer Protection Law
Michigan

State Bar of Michigan, UPL Complaint

Report Fraud to the Office of Investigative Services of The Michigan Department of State (MDOS)

Michigan Immigration Clerical Assistant Act
Minnesota Office of Minnesota Attorney General Minnesota Prevention of Consumer Fraud Act
Mississippi Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division Mississippi Consumer Protection Act
Missouri

Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division

Missouri - File Consumer Complaint

Merchandising Practices, 407.020.  Unlawful practices, penalty--exceptions
Montana Attorney General, Montana Office of Consumer Protection Trade and Commerce
ch 14. Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection
N to O
State Where to Report State Laws
Nebraska

Nebraska Commission on Unauthorized Practice of Law

Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division

Deceptive Trade Practices Act
Nevada

State Bar of Nevada File a Complaint Online

Attorney General and Consumer Advocate, the Bureau of Consumer Protection

Unfair Trade Practices
New Hampshire NH DOJ, Consumer Protection & Antitrust Bureau Regulation of Business Practices for Consumer Protection
New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Office of the Attorney General, Division of Consumer Affairs Consumer Fraud Act
New Mexico The Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General Deceptive Trade Practices Law
New York

New York State Attorney General's Office Immigration Services Fraud Unit

New York County District Attorney's Office

Kings County District Attorney’s Office (Brooklyn, New York)
IFU@BrooklyDa.org
(718) 250-3333

Immigrant Assistance Services Act (PDF)
North Carolina North Carolina State Bar, Unauthorized Practice of Law Chapter 84, North Carolina General Statutes
North Dakota

North Dakota State Bar Association

North Dakota Attorney General, Consumer Protection

North Dakota Century Code-51 Sales and exchanges-51-15 Consumer fraud law
Northern Marianas CNMI Bar Association  
Ohio

Ohio Attorney General  Consumer Division

Supreme Court of Ohio, Board on the Unauthorized Practice of Law

Consumer Sales Practices Act
Oklahoma Oklahoma Consumer Protection Unit  
Oregon Oregon Department of Justice Attorney General, Financial Fraud and Consumer Protection Section Oregon Trade Regulations and Practices
P to W
State Where to Report State Laws
Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Consumer Complaint Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (PDF)
Puerto Rico Oficina del Procurador General  
Rhode Island

Rhode Island Attorney General Consumer Protection Unit

Rhode Island Judiciary, Unauthorized Practice of Law

Deceptive Trade Practices Act
South Carolina

South Carolina, Department of Consumer Affairs

South Carolina Bar, Unauthorized Practice of Law

South Carolina Consumer Protection Code
South Dakota South Dakota Division of Consumer Protection

Deceptive Trade Practices Act

South Dakota State Code 16-18-2 Practicing Law Without a License

Tennessee State of Tennessee, Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Protection, File a Complaint Tennessee Code, Unauthorized Practice of Law
Texas

Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee

Office of the Attorney General
Consumer Protection Division

Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act
U.S. Virgin Islands Virgin Islands Bar Association  
Utah

Utah Government Consumer Protection

Utah Division of Consumer Protection

Utah Consumer Protection
Vermont Attorney General’s Consumer Assistance Program Vermont Statute, Consumer Fraud
Virginia

Virginia Attorney General, Consumer Protection

Virginia State Bar, Unauthorized Practice of Law

Virginia Consumer Protection Act
Washington

Washington State Bar

Attorney General Consumer Protection Division

Consumer Protection Act (RCW 19.86)
Washington, D.C.

The District of Columbia Bar

OAG Consumer Protection

Consumer Protection Procedures Act 28-3904. Unlawful trade practices.
West Virginia

State Bar Association

Office of the Attorney General
Consumer Protection Division

The West Virginia Consumer Protection Act
Wisconsin State of Wisconsin Consumer Protection Wisconsin Consumer Protection       
Wyoming Wyoming Attorney General's Office
Consumer Protection Unit
Wyoming Consumer Protection Act 40-12-105. Unlawful Practices
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11/02/2020
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