Google says it uncovered thousands of illegitimate listings, including for fake businesses, on Google Maps and has announced a lawsuit against the alleged scammers behind the fraud. The lawsuit, ...

Google is cracking down on scammers who create fake business listings on Google Maps to trick people. According to The Verge, the company recently removed 10,000 fake listings. Google is also suing a ...

Dating app users aren't the only ones to face "catfishing." Sadly, it's far too easy to get duped online. While Google is putting the hammer down on fake Google Maps listings, it's important to know ...

10,000 fake listings removed from Google Maps. Update, March 21, 2025: This story has been updated with a statement from Halimah DeLaine Prado, Google General Counsel regarding the Google Maps scam ...

As a Google Maps user, I tend to assume that the listings I find in a search are real and legitimate. But that assumption could get me in trouble. Google recently discovered more than 10,000 phony ...

Google is suing a man it says was part of a scam network creating fake businesses on Google Maps. The network allegedly collected and sold the personal data of users who contacted those businesses. It ...

Google Maps is detailing its 2024 progress in “preventing and taking down deceptive content,” which includes adding fake review warnings. Google credits AI as allowing it to better detect “businesses ...

Google says it uncovered thousands of illegitimate listings, including for fake businesses, on Google Maps and has announced a lawsuit against the alleged scammers behind the fraud. The lawsuit, ...