Fairfax County Police Department

CONTACT INFORMATION: 24/7 Emergency Response; Office and Program Hours Vary
703-691-2131 TTY 711 (Non-Emergency)
12099 Government Center Parkway
Fairfax, VA 22035
Kevin Davis
Chief of Police

Common Scams

Every year, people lose their life savings to scams and con artists. There are several ways that people can “trick” you out of money, both in person and over the internet. Take some time to review the information on this page so you won’t become one a victim.

The National Association of Bunco Investigators (NABI) is an organization that assists in the identification, apprehension, and prosecution of Confidence Crime and certain other Non-Traditional Organized Crime group suspects. They have put together a list of the more common scams and cons.

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) was established as a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) to serve as a means to receive Internet related criminal complaints and to further research, develop, and refer the criminal complaints to federal, state, local, or international law enforcement and/or regulatory agencies. View their compiled list of the more common internet related scams.

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