Division of Financial Institutions
320 W. Washington
Springfield, IL  62786
Phone:  (217) 782-2831

http://www.idfpr.com/dfi/default2.asp

Created in 1957, DFI is a regulatory agency serving the people of Illinois under the express control and administrative jurisdiction of the Governor. The Financial Institutions Code provides the authority to regulate, license, examine and investigate currency exchanges, credit unions, consumer finance companies, title insurance companies and money transmitters. Please click here for a summary of the Division of Financial Institutions.

Division of Insurance
320 W. Washington
Springfield, IL  62786
Phone:  (217) 782-4515
Fax:  (217) 782-5020

http://www.idfpr.com/DOI/default2.asp

The mission of the Division of Insurance is to protect consumers by providing assistance and information, by efficiently regulating the insurance industry’s market behavior and financial solvency, and by fostering a competitive insurance marketplace.

Division of Professional Regulation
320 W. Washington
Springfield, IL  62786
Phone:  (217) 785-0800
Fax:  (217) 782-7645

http://www.idfpr.com/dpr/default.asp

The mission of the IDPR is to serve, safeguard, and promote the public welfare by ensuring that licensure qualifications and standards for professional practice are properly evaluated, accurately applied and vigorously enforced.

This site allows individuals to look up licenses of all professionals licensed by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, including doctors, dentists, nurses, nurse practitioners, dental hygienists, architects, real estate appraisers and agents,  chiropractors, etc.  This site also provides the ability to file a complaint by email.  A complete list of professions regulated by the IDPR can be viewed here. 

Federal Communications Commission For Consumers

Enforcement Bureau, Investigations and Hearings Division

445 12th Street, SW

Washington, D.C. 20554

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumers.html

(Satellite Dish, Cell Phones, Telephones, Radio, TV & Cable Broadcast and Internet)

Federal Trade Commission

Consumer Response Center

600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Room H-130

Washington , D.C. 20580

http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/consumer.htm

(Automobiles, Credit, Investments, Privacy, Diet, Health & Fitness, Products &

Services, E-commerce & the Internet, Scholarship & Employment Services,

Franchise & Business Opportunities, Telemarketing, Telephone Services,

At Home, Tobacco, Identity Theft & Travel)

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan

Carbondale Main Office

1001 East Main Street

Carbondale, IL 62901

Phone:  (618) 529-6400/6401

TTY:  (618) 529-6403

http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/sitemap/index.html

Illinois Department of Professional Regulation

Division of Banking
500 E. Monroe
Springfield, IL  62701
Phone:  (217) 782-3000
Fax:  (217) 558-4297

http://www.obre.state.il.us/default2.htm

The mission of the Division of Banking is to protect and educate the public and promote confidence in the regulated industries through administration of statutory responsibilities in an efficient, professional, responsive and innovative manner. This agency oversees the regulation and licensure of State chartered banks, trust companies, ATMs not owned by financial institutions, check printers, pawnbrokers, savings banks and savings and loan associations & mortgage bankers and brokers.

Illinois Poison Control Center

The Illinois Poison Center serves all of Illinois 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Staffed by nurses, physicians, pharmacists and other poison specialists, the IPC

offers free, confidential poison prevention advice and treatment recommendations 

via a toll-free hot line, (800) 222-1222. (A Program of the Metropolitan Chicago

Healthcare Council). 

http://www.mchc.org/ipc/  

National Do Not Call Registry

https://www.donotcall.gov/

OnGuardOnline

http://onguardonline.gov/index.html

OnGuardOnline provides practical tips from the federal government and the technology industry to help you be on guard against Internet fraud, secure your computer, and protect your personal information.