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

1 pointsby touchofevilover 7 years ago
I just got another call today from a company pretending to be Google and offering to get my company &quot;listed&quot; on Google for a fee. I get calls from this company all the time and I&#x27;m sure they are successfully scamming lots of small businesses that aren&#x27;t tech savvy out of hundreds or thousands of dollars.<p>What action is Google taking to crack down on this? I just reported this company to Google via this online form https:&#x2F;&#x2F;support.google.com&#x2F;business&#x2F;contact&#x2F;rbc_form?hl=en<p>I&#x27;ve been getting calls like this for years. Why isn&#x27;t Google doing more to shut these scammers down?

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PaulHouleover 7 years ago
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.