WSJ: Google Maps is flooded with 'millions' of fake business listings

ronjor · Jun 20, 2019

Amrita Khalid, @askhalid 20 June 2019

If you've ever tried to find a locksmith on Google in a pinch, this may not surprise you. Turns out Google Maps is filled with millions of scam operations that are impersonating real businesses, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. There are currently an estimated 11 million fake business listings on Google Maps, and new listings with false phone numbers or addresses arrive every month.
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guest · Jun 21, 2019

Google responds to a WSJ report that concluded there are millions of fake business listings on Maps
June 20, 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/20/g...e-millions-of-fake-business-listings-on-maps/

After a Wall Street Journal investigation concluded that there are millions of fake business listings on Google Maps, the company has issued a response detailing the measures it takes to combat the problem.
In the company’s response, Google Maps product director Ethan Russell wrote that of the more than 200 million listings added to Google Maps over the years, only a “small percentage” are fake.

Russell wrote that the company is “continually working on new and better ways to fight these scams using a variety of ever-evolving manual and automated systems,” but can’t share more details about them because otherwise scammers might find a way to get around them.
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