Posting an edited/cropped picture of Google Street View of a place & submitting it as your own.

Can a Local Guide edit/crop an image (taking out the other info on the screen that will make it obvious) taken by the Google Car on Street View and submit it as your own photo attachment in your review?

That I think is cheating just to get to the top level earning thousands and thousands of points.

And posting crappy (for the lack of a better word) reviews or just to be able to say something about the place like; --------- School: Oh, go for education! Clearly has never been anywhere near the reviewed place.

Makes me feel so uncomfortable. It feels so unprofessional.

Hello @JakeSungahid , if you notice that this low quality ‘point-grabbing’ content is coming from 1 particular local guide, you can tag a Google moderator here (@ + moderator name) . He/she will then get in touch with you in a private message with further instructions.

Thank you for that advise.

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Hi @JakeSungahid

Thanks for reaching us. Using that method is absolutely against the rules and the spirit of Local Guides

Please read this post to know how to report a Local Guide: How to identify and report fraud on Google Maps

Ermes

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@FelipePK @user_not_found just a couple of guys I can remember from the list of Moderators. I hope I didn’t make a mistake of trying to tag both of you guys. Just a newbie here. Thanks for any help regarding my concern. Daghan Salamat! (Cebuano for Thank you very much!)

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