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Is there any actual proof that it was google? It sounds to me like someone is borrowing their name for legitimacy.
by Andaith 15y ago
Is there any actual proof that it was google? It sounds to me like someone is borrowing their name for legitimacy.
- waitwhat 15y agoScroll down a bit to "Results (2)": These new accesses were coming directly from Google’s network. The IP address 74.125.63.33 made 17,645 requests (15,554 to BusinessProfile.aspx)
- kalleboo 15y ago"Google's network" could also just mean an App Engine user.
- russss 15y agoGKBO appears to be a genuine Google initiative - its domain is registered to Google and served from their nameservers: http://www.kbo.co.ke/ http://www.kbo.co.ke/
- cookiecaper 15y agoThis doesn't mean that the people on the other end of the phone actually are employed by Google. They could have heard of the Google initiative and attempted to capitalize on the opportunity.
- rmc 15y agoExactly, Pretending to be Someone Else™ is Scamming 101.
- handelaar 15y agoAnd yet the people on the other end of the phone are somehow able to create phony websites you didn't ask for as subdomains? (FSM only knows what the Google search ranking consequences of that might be.) http://blog.mocality.co.ke/2012/01/13/google-what-were-you-thinking/#comment-488 http://blog.mocality.co.ke/2012/01/13/google-what-were-you-t...