A small business owner flagged a possible impersonator on Google Maps. Google's investigation found it was just the tip of ...

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.

According to the lawsuit, which was announced on Wednesday, Google claims a man working with a wider network of people allegedly created and sold fake business profiles to be listed on Google Maps.

Google is suing a network of scammers who manipulated Google Maps by faking or hijacking about 10,000 business listings to con people out of money. The main defendant named in the lawsuit is a ...

Google is suing a Maryland man and others for allegedly abusing the tech company's services to create fake online listings for phony businesses, bolstering said businesses with sham views from ...

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Google says that APT42 uses a variety of different tactics as part of their email phishing attacks ... or social media companies. Creating fake websites that look like the real websites ...

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 ...