Warning: Beware of the new Breed Of extortion in Google Maps

Google should be issued by the mass of the warning right now, but on the other hand, that I intend to. If your company is displayed on Google maps, or is simply maps to a user, do yourself a huge favor and read this post. Just when you thought about tactics will not be able to obtain in any dark side of the local slimier, they do. Google Maps-system deficiencies are anti-dumping measures would allow the new breed of slithering, low-down criminals who have decided that extortion is a fine business incorporated into its operations, the use of the gift of life. I would like to make you aware of what is currently in progress.

The specified scenario

Several people have shown that Google Places help forum reporting recently in a way similar to the problem. Case was a limousine business owner,

who posted the story: My business is a couple of address, which are both included in the list that Google maps that. If you do a search for my domain name, you will be able to see all but two of which false results three pages. The wrong phone number lists is invalid, the business name and address of the random the random, but it's a list of the company's domain. These lists are already "claimed by the owner," so we will not be able to go and fix them. [1] [2] this was the US attention by the initial placing on the market today call "expert", as the case may be, this problem and how it could get us banned google pointed out.When we have refused to pay him to correct the problem, he threatens to mark our actual lists and get them to delete/punishable if Microsoft does not pay him, of course, this person created. [1] [2] around 25 second Google Places of decision 2003/861/EC lists the account on my domain-before calling points out, "the problem" and is in possession of the ability to delete them hostage.Not in any way we can

correct listing.

A first report on the days it seems Local Search Expert Mike Blumenthal, helped to bring attention to a terrible situation, of the one part, and the Forum on his blog where he posted in the Google employee named Cecelia. tuned as part of the story, and it disappeared from the 25 of 19 January 1999 the counterfeit software.

The company's owner is so out-of-the-dark as the rest of us what exactly happened here but bizarrely, he reports that he is still is harassed by extortionist "marketer" via the telephone.Other places of the Forum members are proposing that the limousine company's owner to post the unsavory company that has done this to him, in the name and but which may be interesting information is, it will not solve the general problem, because this policy shall be limited to the duration of an individual case or not, one of the bad guy.

Mike Blumenthal is mentioned in the above post was recently published in the report can be found at Webmasterworld stating that customers were being contacted in the case of false negative reviews extortionists deletes, which was published in the information about their businesses in Google maps.

Such claims have been implemented significant communities about the past, such as yelp and Merchant Circle recently was close to 1 million dollars in illegal trade practices, trial hinging cough. But what we have here is becoming a large enterprises-misguided business ethics rather seems a bright idea of Miscellaneous crooks and thugs, who fancy themselves Depression era gangsters in demanding protection money. [1] [2] And for the purposes of this directive, the problem almost impossible unwieldiness.

You can block a large enterprise with an error.Generally a bad practice, judicial settlement shall ensure its. but how you can respond to millions of potential criminals, all of the power to create false business lists and write false reviews with the legitimate business reputations improves and return to the general public as a means to make money? "are you sure you want to Know how I, and I am very doubtful that Google's ability to manage, which begins with the monster they look like and their local data-to-peer created. Hand edit the individual matter, such as the em solves the problem of limousine guy, but it does not make any major problem.

At the very least, I want to use for the purposes of this article, a dual purpose.

1. in order to personally warn you, that this is in progress.

2. in the event of a mass email warning to Agitate the issuing companies for all Google argued that this type of extortion is carried out.PayPal issues, a non-exhaustive list of potential scams warnings.Google should do, too.

What you should do if the contact information you can use the Extortionist?

This is my advice.Can I play dumb.Correspond to one of the priority axis, in accordance with the

"Oh, dear. I'm so concerned by the fact that I must go this., look at My list to see what happened. Could I have the name and number so I call you back? What you can say the company had originated in the? thank you so much for letting me on this."

I then go to the Google Help Forum in the places and report the problem and something in the header:

ABC Marketing Company asking for Money TO FALSE to remove lists

And I hope that Google selects the ball up to the East coast of the island.

What do you think? Does the advice seem good to you? "what would you do if someone published 25 counterfeit software for your company, full of false-negative reviews in your profile and phoned you can request money? I want to know.