{"id":310,"date":"2020-10-05T15:18:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T15:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fraud.flywheelsites.com\/?page_id=310"},"modified":"2022-03-16T05:20:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T05:20:42","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fraud.org\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" id=\"style-css-av-kfff1mue-75e3fac710c20c5b684acbdd8733a89f\">\n.avia-section.av-kfff1mue-75e3fac710c20c5b684acbdd8733a89f{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/urban-438393_1920.jpg);\nbackground-position:center center;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n.avia-section.av-kfff1mue-75e3fac710c20c5b684acbdd8733a89f .av-section-color-overlay{\nopacity:0.5;\nbackground-color:#000000;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-kfff1mue-75e3fac710c20c5b684acbdd8733a89f main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  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The FTC\u2019s Consumer Sentinel complaint database is a critical tool in that fight, but its success relies on contributors like the National Consumers League. NCL has greatly added to the FTC database\u2019s volume and diversity\u00a0and its\u00a0new and improved Fraud.org no doubt will further strengthen our partnership in the ongoing fight against fraud\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<span class=\"header-quotation-attribution\">&#8211;\u00a0FTC Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" id=\"style-css-av-au5ri-24aa24027baeb55e7060e81d8992bc7d\">\n#top .flex_column.av-au5ri-24aa24027baeb55e7060e81d8992bc7d{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\nborder-radius:0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px;\npadding:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-au5ri-24aa24027baeb55e7060e81d8992bc7d av_one_full  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding column-top-margin'   ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Fraud.org is a project of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nclnet.org\/\">National Consumers League<\/a>\u00a0(NCL), a nonprofit advocacy organization based in Washington, DC. NCL was founded in 1899 to promote the interests of consumers and workers in the United States and abroad. Over its long history, NCL staff have dedicated themselves to this mission through investigation, public interest advocacy, and consumer education.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Fraud.org history<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In 1992, in response to the growth in telemarketing and Internet fraud, NCL launched the National Fraud Information Center. The mission of the NFIC (later renamed the Fraud Center) was to give consumers the information they need to avoid becoming victims of telemarketing and Internet fraud. In February 2013, the Fraud Center was rebranded and relaunched as Fraud.org.<\/p>\n<p>Fraud.org is the product of decades of consumer education and advocacy related to fraud prevention. More than 100,000 unique visitors come to Fraud.org each month. Thousands of consumer complaints are collected by the Fraud.org and shared with our network of more than 200 law enforcement partners. 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