Complete our online form. Use this form to provide information about suspicious or improper business practices that you are experiencing which may affect the general public.(a) Unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of consumer transactions and consumer acts or practices in trade or commerce are declared unlawful. Georgia deceptive trade practices law bans false advertising, making it a misdemeanor charge and also allowing victims to sue for damages. Many large corporations have been found guilty of deceptive trade practices and forced to pay restitution to their customers who joined a class action lawsuit. False Advertising is making false, misleading or misrepresenting statements a service or product causing damage to a consumer, individual or company. The Office of Consumer Affairs may take administrative actions to investigate and stop unfair or deceptive practices. Georgia's Fair Business Practices Act (FBPA). Business or goods or false or deceptive advertising. Specifically, deceptive trade practices are unethical or fraudulent actions that substantially injure consumers or business competitors.