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I got burned by a similar scam with information changes in google. I was looking for a specific restaurant in google and used the given address to get there. Wh
by WheelsAtLarge 8y ago
I got burned by a similar scam with information changes in google. I was looking for a specific restaurant in google and used the given address to get there. When I got there I found out it was a different restaurant. I asked about the other restaurant and they told me the other restaurant had gone out of business. A complete lie.
I'm sure they hired a company to promote them and they used this trick to increase their customer base.
Never trust the company info google gives you without double checking. It's very easy for anyone to change the business info without proof of ownership.
- qrbLPHiKpiux 8y agoI don’t initially trust anything on he internet without second source verification. The internet is just one big scam pot today and at the same time, since using it before wide spread public use, I’m fascinated with watching it evolve, devolve since then.
- WheelsAtLarge 8y agoNot the internet per se, scams are all over society. It's sad but true.
- reaperducer 8y agoCould very well be a scam. Or it could just be that the big tech companies really suck at information verification. My small company gets three or four phone calls or e-mails a week from people who think it's a different business, and each time I ask, they say they got the number from Google. Looking at my e-mail, the most recent one was from someone who wanted to place a big catering order with a Subway sandwich shop about 2,000 miles away. I don't blame Google exclusively, though. For almost ten years, Facebook has been telling people that I am a large building in another state.
- Buge 8y ago>A complete lie. How do you know it's a lie?
- WheelsAtLarge 8y agoI called a friend and she gave the right address. I drove there and had my meal.