So this is about yesterday, I was added to a whatsapp group with around 500 random people in it. So the admins of Whatsapp groups are giving the tasks(Which have google maps link of certain palces) and paying the users to give 5 star rating to the places they share. Admins also saying like they’re also getting paid form these places to increase there rating.
Shared below are the messages of the people who runs this scam
Few places which were shared by them to rate
How can we cope this and really make sure people who really use ratings as to pre-judge a place do not get fooled?
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Hello @tusharc2n i share you Google support team link you can read the content & send the feedback.
https://support.google.com/contributionpolicy/answer/7400114
Hope this helps you.
Thanks
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Thank you for reaching out about this @tusharc2n .
I have escalated it so that hopefully it can be looked into.
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Thanks for bringing this up, even am getting this type of messages every day and am tired of blocking ad reporting them on WhatsApp. or else the years of contribution made by us to Maps will be in vain.
#localguide
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Agradeço por compartilhar @tusharc2n . Isso servirá de alerta para mim.
Minhas felicitações de felicidade e paz.
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Hello @tusharc2n ,
Please be advised that I have passed this information on to the relevant team. Thanks for reporting these scams.
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