Consumerist
Consumer Sentinel is
"a one-stop, secure investigative cybertool and complaint database, on a separate restricted-access secure web site, that provides hundreds of law enforcement agencies immediate access to Internet cons, telemarketing scams and other consumer fraud-related complaints."Oh, a cybertool! The database is maintained by the FTC and currently holds over a million complaints.
Consumers can't search Consumer Sentinel, but law enforcement agencies can. If an agency is currently investigating a company, the investigators can set up alerts that will email them when a new complaint is filed. So, if you've been the victim of fraud, help the cops out by submitting your complaint. —MEGHANN MARCO
