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The same thing happened to a cousin of mine. I wrote a (somewhat more detailed than this article) blog post about it a month ago. Didn't gain any traction on HN
by abtom 8y ago
The same thing happened to a cousin of mine. I wrote a (somewhat more detailed than this article) blog post about it a month ago. Didn't gain any traction on HN then but here it is: http://blog.abhijittomar.com/2018/10/19/google-business-claim-scam/ http://blog.abhijittomar.com/2018/10/19/google-business-clai...
- dang 8y agoYes, that's a good article and has more detail than either the submitted url (https://www.businessinsider.com/scammers-edit-google-maps-bank-listings-fraud-2018-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/scammers-edit-google-maps-ba...) or the one it points to https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/a-new-bank-scam-using-google-maps-loophole/article25541414.ece https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/a-new-bank-scam..., so we've switched to it above. Hopefully it will gain some traction on HN now. (You won't get the HN karma, but we plan to implement karma sharing for cases where multiple submitters contributed.)
- abtom 8y agoThank you. I've added the news links to my article for reference as well.