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Ask HN: What is Google doing to stop Google impersonator scams?

by touchofevil on 10/25/17, 5:26 PM with 1 comments

I just got another call today from a company pretending to be Google and offering to get my company "listed" on Google for a fee. I get calls from this company all the time and I'm sure they are successfully scamming lots of small businesses that aren't tech savvy out of hundreds or thousands of dollars.

What action is Google taking to crack down on this? I just reported this company to Google via this online form https://support.google.com/business/contact/rbc_form?hl=en

I've been getting calls like this for years. Why isn't Google doing more to shut these scammers down?

by PaulHoule on 10/25/17, 5:45 PM
Back when I did a scan of corporations in Delaware I discovered more than 20 defunct corporations that existed only to infringe on Google trademarks. I assume that they emptied their bank accounts before Google came for them, then Google came, and that is why they are defunct.