Opinion: Beware of paid ads on search engines
Randy Hutchinson
Randy Hutchinson is the President and CEO of the BBB of the Mid-South, serving 28 counties in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas. He graduated from Western Maryland College and has an MBA from Wilmington College.
The FBI issued an alert about cyber criminals using search engine ads to impersonate real companies that direct consumers to malicious sites that steal login credentials and/or credit card numbers.
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