When Google really is calling…

I have written before about scammers emailing or ringing up pretending to be from Google or Facebook.

I have also written about Indian SEO salespeople – or if I haven’t yet, I meant to since they seem to email or telephone me on a regular basis.

So it was very alarming to read this post from Mike Blumenthal about a situation where it really was Google using an Indian call centre to verify details on Places/Plus Local.

Like many of us, the receptionist thought she recognised a scammer and put the phone down – only to have their Google Plus Local listing disappear overnight.

You have been warned!

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 27th, 2012 at 8:30 pm and is filed under Google Places, Google+, Local SEO. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.


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