AG’s office launches website geared to help stop fraud

BOULDER – Colorado’s Attorney General John Suthers on Tuesday announced the launch of a new website, StopFraudColorado.gov, aimed at helping the state’s residents and businesses better learn how to protect themselves.

The attorney general’s office said in a press release that consumer protection issues have long been the most read part of the office’s website, driving the need for the new resource.

StopFraudColorado.gov will educate Coloradans about common types of fraud and offer tips on how to avoid falling victim. The site will streamline the process for filing fraud reports, which aids the office in identifying patterns of fraudulent behavior and prioritizing its limited resources to pursuing the most impactful cases.

SPONSORED CONTENT

People Powered: Preparing Longmont Businesses for Economic Success

Longmont Chamber and FNBO present People Powered on April 24, 2024, aiming to inform business owners about workforce development, housing, and transportation issues.

The site is being launched in conjunction with a new statewide marketing campaign to introduce Coloradans to the site, a campaign that will introduce six anthropomorphic animals that represent the most common types of fraud seen in the state like identity theft, charity fraud, predatory lending and investment fraud.

The campaign and website are being funded by settlement money recovered by the attorney general that were earmarked for consumer education and outreach.

“As people begin spotting these animals on buses, billboards, websites and TV stations throughout the state, we hope that they will remember StopFraudColorado.gov whenever they need information about a particular type of fraud or need to report a fraud that has occurred,” Suthers said in a statement.