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Evil Google Waiting on Line One
- PaulHoule 11y agoYou wouldn't believe how many defunct corporations in Delaware have 'google' in the name, often together with other spam words such as 'cash'.
- quesera 11y agoI don't understand. Is Cringley really so clueless that he believes these calls are actually from Google? Of course not, he's an adult human who lives in the U.S., speaks English, and has a telephone. He's been around this block before. So what axe is he grinding by posting this silly faux rant? He doesn't like Google. Ok, many reasonable people don't. But he might as well be on Google's PR payroll for this one -- anyone who can fog a mirror will dismiss these shrill accusations and disregard the accuser, which imparts some credibility to the accused. So, wtf?
- explorigin 11y agoSo he's assuming they are from Google (because they say that they are). Do you have some inside knowledge that these calls are not actually from Google? Several commenters take your position but at least one strongly does not.
- dekhn 11y agoThese are known scams. Google does not call businesses telling them to sign up so they can remain indexed.
- RexRollman 11y agoI've received these calls myself. I don't think they are really from Google but from some spammy SEO company. I also have been assuming that the reason I received a call in the first place is due to my contact information being linked to a domain name that I own.
- dyoo1979 11y agoThis is an unfortunately common phone scam. https://support.google.com/faqs/answer/2952493?hl=en https://support.google.com/faqs/answer/2952493?hl=en
- joshu 11y agoHe is trolling, right?
- VikingCoder 11y agoYeah, and Microsoft called to let me know that my computer is sending out spam, and they needed my help to let them log on. I hate it when Microsoft does that!