ATLANTA (WSAV) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) handles several cases including missing children, tax fraud, drug enforcement and cyber crimes. However, a new study shows cybercriminals continue to target Georgians online.
Especially older adults.
The FBI said hackers are buying ads to impersonate businesses and trick users to provide login information or download malware to their computers.
“A lot of these scams target people or take advantage of people shopping online,” FBI Atlanta Special Agent Chad Hunt said. “So we’ll see a lot of scams for websites or individuals selling hard-to-get items sometimes those items are at prices that are too good to be true.”
Experts say always double-check the web address for typos and type it directly to the browser bar.
The FBI says to use multi-factor authentication, change your passwords frequently and avoid using public wifi networks to access sensitive data.
“I think that people oftentimes they don’t realize they’re getting hit by these charges,” said Daniel McCarthy, Assistant Marketing professor at Emory University. “There are a lot of people who probably don’t check their credit card statements on a regular basis and by the time they get around to, it’s either too late or they feel like enough time has passed that they just don’t feel like going back and disputing a…
