Google reduces 10,000 fake business lists of Google Maps and prosecute a network of fraudsters who prepare them, CBS news Reports. The company claims that a man connected to a wider fraud network has created fake business files on Google Maps and sold them for profit. Google was displaced by the Texas -based Locksmith, who said that someone is impersonating Google’s maps, which led to a lawsuit on Wednesday.
“The fraudsters are increasingly sophisticated,” said Gogle’s Gogle, Delian Prado on Wednesday CBS morning plus. “Once we warn of actual fraud, we are making extremist efforts to determine similar fraudulent lists.”
The fraudsters can use Google Maps to deceive people in several ways. Victims may stumble on a fake menu that looks real and invites the number. Sometimes, the deceptive provides the service when the victim appears, but it will charge it. At other times, the victim can be directed to a call center, where the fraudsters can try to persuade them to pay for something early but not already provide service. The fraudsters can use programs to assign fake lists with positive reviews; They can also enhance the likes of a false question and answer with illegal contacts on a TRUE Insert a question and answer to the highest search, a Reddit user He found.
Google shared with CBS news It removed or prevented 12 million fake business profiles in 2023. She also said it had seen a million fake lists on an annual basis. Google was too Garbage on companies That uses fake participation tactics and artificial reviews to enhance their assessments. In the United Kingdom, Google Imported restrictions On business that is involved in a deceptive review activity after pressure from the organizers to take action.
