The con artists are clicking “add to cart” on Georgia. A new analysis says we’ve lodged one of the nation’s highest rates of internet fraud — and 2024 was our worst year yet.

🖥️ What’s Happening: A study from Simmrin Law Group, using Federal Trade Commission data from 2020–2024, says Georgia ranks second nationally for internet-related fraud reports per capita. Researchers tallied an average of 1,577.6 reports per 100,000 residents in Georgia — about 55% above the national mark of 1,016.92 — with a record 228,925 reports filed here in 2024 and the fewest in 2020 at 128,439. The firm analyzed FTC fraud and identity-theft reports and normalized them by population across all 50 states.

🔎 Why It Matters: Scam losses drain savings, wreck credit, and chew up months of cleanup. If crooks

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