How to Remove Spam Listings - Multiple Listings of a Single Company

Hi All,

I was just going through the content and found an interesting pattern,

So many companies are listed multiple times with same mobile number and website address, How one can list his one company with so many fake addresses and with one mobile number ?

https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&hs=mYu&biw=1326&bih=658&sxsrf=ALeKk03A7ONwZx-Bv1HNto5JxTWqK7mvPA:1590646587132&q=bhopal+Air+Ambulance&npsic=0&rflfq=1&rlha=0&rllag=23252589,77353663,8761&tbm=lcl&ved=2ahUKEwib06em9NXpAhVe83MBHQqsAtgQjGp6BAgLEDA&tbs=lrf:!1m4!1u3!2m2!3m1!1e1!2m1!1e3!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:14&rldoc=1#rldoc=1&rlfi=hd:;si:7824256500994207118;mv:[[23.271625999999998,77.4559299],[23.2115456,77.2490691]]

If i do ā€œbhopal air ambulanceā€ - I find

Falcon Emergency Air and Train Ambulance Services

Medilift Air Ambulance Services

Panchmukhi Air Ambulance Services

All these 3 companies are listed multiple times in most of the cities with ā€œair ambulanceā€

Please suggest,

  • How to remove these spam Listings ?

  • How to restrict such companies to get listed again ?

Best Regards,

  • Saurabh
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same trend with almost all cities - some companies exploiting and misusing google local listings by creating multiple listings

https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&hs=YtZ&biw=1326&bih=658&tbm=lcl&sxsrf=ALeKk03yvL4C42sifL_QMOCcyDbM-dJePA%3A1590646592131&ei=QFfPXoPPB7S-3LUP1uSP4Ak&q=patna+Air+Ambulance&oq=patna+Air+Ambulance&gs_l=psy-ab.3…1581282.1581922.0.1582167.6.6.0.0.0.0.216.216.2-1.1.0…0…1c.1.64.psy-ab…6.0.0…0.BrAxTsHfRNM#rlfi=hd:;si:;mv:[[25.6394506,85.1742367],[25.596437299999998,85.0038215]];tbs:lrf:!1m4!1u3!2m2!3m1!1e1!1m4!1u2!2m2!2m1!1e1!2m1!1e2!2m1!1e3!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:14

Have a look a this post @Saurabhkumar1 https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/Help-Desk/How-to-identify-and-report-fraud-on-Google-Maps/ba-p/553272

It will give you the information you need.

I am a touch surprised that a Level 1 Local Guide cares so much about Maps. Well done you.

You might like to introduce yourself here https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Introduce-Yourself-May-2020/m-p/2484540#M854762

Paul

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Can you provide some more details why do you call this particular agency as fake @Saurabhkumar1 ?
Did you get any experience of cheating or any fraudulent activity by this particular agency?
A quick analysis revealed:

I checked a few of the mobile numbers in a popular web service which tracks spams. However, none returned any suspicious activity.

#The service has a valid Facebook page.

The agency has a secure https website. Also, the domain did not fail in any of the security checks.

Thus, you need corroborating your claim. Please note, an air ambulance service can have contacts at multiple locations. That doesn’t make the activity as fake.

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Hi @Saurabhkumar1

Well not all listings are fake because of title or website or number. Simpliest example think of starbucks.

For these services its not suspicius that they have the same number (this is how the rescuing calling service works).

You did the best choise to make a post about it so you dont be quick about removing the places.Please read the post @PaulPavlinovich sent,so you avoid removing places by mistake.Iam so glad to see a level 1 local guide starting with these kind of contributions(edits).

Last but not least to remove a place you select the place to edit,press suggest an edit and remove this place for X,Y reasons.

Best regards :grin:

Hi Paul,

Many Thanks for your mail & update,

I have posted my detailed observation, Please check and suggest,

Best Regards,

Saurabh

If the listings are really fake, e.g. because of marketing or lead generation reasons, you might want to read this case study that I posted as part of the Local Guides Clean The Map project @Saurabhkumar1

One more thing which is quite important here on the forum: if you want to make sure that another Connect user sees a reply you give, make sure to ā€˜tag’ them by typing the ā€˜@’ symbol and then select that user from the list (or start typing the name if there is no list).

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Dear Jan, Many thanks for your mail & revert… i have gone through your thread and its very useful… please check my post regarding spamming in India, under air ambulance service categories by 5 identical companies, https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/How-to-Remove-Google-Local-Maps-Spammers-Same-Company-with-Fake/m-p/2561283/highlight/false#M902504

Please guide, how to proceed,

best regards,

  • Saurabh