Verified private home !!

AbdullazizA · January 26, 2019, 10:38pm

someone in Egypt added his home on maps and verified it
is that right or logical ??
https://goo.gl/maps/aHY81x1Zmis

ErmesT · January 27, 2019, 1:09am

Thanks for reaching us @AbdullazizA

Please read this post to know: How to identify and report fraud on Google Maps.

I am tagging @NadyaPN for you

AbdullazizA · January 27, 2019, 2:05pm

Thank you @ErmesT

LilyanaZ · January 28, 2019, 3:45pm

Hello @AbdullazizA ,

Thank you for reaching out. Can you please confirm that you are sure this is not a business but a private home?

In the latter case I would suggest you see this topic for guidelines on how to flag a place that you want removed from maps: Suggest edits to a place or flag it for removal.

AbdullazizA · January 28, 2019, 6:47pm

Yes i am sure that this is a private home and i want to report that to remove it from the maps

LilyanaZ · January 29, 2019, 8:55am

Thank you for confirming @AbdullazizA .

You can then flag the place using the instructions I posted above. Please be advised that it might take some time before changes you suggest are updated on the map, since they need to be reviewed.

NABILazeez · January 29, 2019, 10:07am

Hi @LilyanaZ

@ErmesT

@AbdullazizA

We have an interesting issue .

And yes this verified add is fake .

It’s a private home not a business .

Another issue we noticed in Egypt last months , is stooling of the poi .

For example a famous mall with a huge no. Of reviews and photos and ratings

Suddenly verfied by a phone shop and change the name and phone number and become a verified phone shop with all the ratings, reviews and photos .

So we ( Egypt local guides team ) falgged the poi and tried to change the situation but unfortunately without a solution.

Even when we received emails confirming change of the name ,

The name still as it is .

We need your support to keep our maps clean and reliable .

Thanks for your time.

ErmesT · January 29, 2019, 10:57am

I agree @NABILazeez

Myself and @Oleksandr wrote a couple of ideas in Idea exchange, probably the combinations of the two ideas will help to reduce the kind of issues highlighted by you:

NABILazeez · January 29, 2019, 11:41am

hi @ErmesT

yes excellent ideas , I voted by thumb up .

thank you for your support and interest .

best wishes .

ErmesT · January 29, 2019, 12:32pm

Thank you @NABILazeez

in this way an edit will remain pending for a long time, but we will try, working together, to avoid inappropriate edits

GeorgesHR · January 30, 2019, 11:34am

Hi @NABILazeez ,

Thanks for reaching out.

Would it be possible to send us links of these POIs affected and let us know the exact issue with them.

We would to have all the available information before committing to an investigation

NABILazeez · January 30, 2019, 11:48am

Hi @GeorgesHR

Nice to talk to you .

Can I post the link here or in private ?

Thanks for your time

GeorgesHR · January 30, 2019, 11:51am

Hi @NABILazeez ,

You can totally post the links of the POIs here if they are not private Local Guide profiles.

Please do not forget to explain what is wrong with these POIs and what should be changed. This will speed our investigation up.

NABILazeez · January 31, 2019, 10:08am

Hi @GeorgesHR

I will send you the cases one by one

First case .

Rays
Capital Business Park, Giza Governorate
[ removed phone number ]
https://maps.app.goo.gl/LgTE5

This poi was called capital business Park till the middle of January 2019

Which contains a lot of cafe , restaurant , shops and business offices .

All of a sudden this poi poi became Ray’s ( preschool )

You will find that all the reviews and ratings of the place is about capital business Park not about Ray’s also all the photos uploaded by different users belongs to capital business park

There’s no one review or photo belongs to Ray’s .

Screenshot

[ removed screenshot with personal information ]

This screenshot by one of egypt team

Showing his review for this poi when was capital business Park dated 27/10/2018

Photos published to capital business Park by our team member Marco Safwat

Dated 13/12/2018

Google email to our team member marco confirming that his review to capital business Park have 1106 view dated 7/1/2019.

[ removed screenshot with personal information ]

Dear sir the poi has been stolen by all reviews , photos and ratings then the phone no. Changed and the website changed after being verified .

The place is actually

Capital business Park .

How Ray’s could verify this stollen poi easily , I don’t know !!

This is poi is capital business Park

The phone no. Incorrect

The faceFace site is not correct .

Thank you .

NABILazeez · February 20, 2019, 8:58am

Hi @GeorgesHR

Today we discovered new steeling operation .

https://goo.gl/maps/LWoEF8Y5AU72

Mall of Egypt one of the most famous shopping centers , with more than 23000 reviews and hundreds of photos , verified as national Bank of Egypt and they begin by changing the web site and the category but you will find that the name in Arabic still mall of Egypt .

Please stop these operation and we want to know who is doing this to many poi in Egypt lately , trusted verifier or anyone else .

Below will find the name still not changed and all the photos and review belongs to mall of Egypt

as you see we tried to stop that but any edits not approved

Please stop these operations and we want to know who is doing this to many poi in Egypt lately , trusted verifier or anyone else .

we will post another 2 poi stolen during the last few months

thanks for you always support

NABILazeez · February 20, 2019, 9:32am

Hi @GeorgesHR

Another point here

Last week we announced our new meeting at mall of Egypt so it was not stolen yet .

You will see pvc below

Or meeting next Friday will be there as you see .

Thanks

NABILazeez · February 20, 2019, 1:45pm

Hi @GeorgesHR

Another case

https://goo.gl/maps/JfqoJX6CXKK2

Elserag mall

all of a sudden changed to Dodi phone which is a small mobile store in Alserag mall one of the largest mobiles malls .

you will see that all reviews and photos taken by egypt local guides about Alserag mall and some local guides reviews confirm that the poi is stolen by Dodi phone

[ removed screenshot with personal information ]

as you see this is the third case , please investigate and take an action

Thanks

NABILazeez · February 20, 2019, 3:46pm

hi @GeorgesHR

I think that I found the man behind these operations but as you know I can’t tell you here

so could I send you in private or I should make a report and send it to local guides email as usual .

thanks

sonnyNg · February 25, 2019, 12:50pm

Hi @NABILazeez ,

Thank you kindly for sharing the issues with us.

For the moment, I have contacted you via private message on instructions regarding the issue.

In the same time, the screenshots/replies which contain personal information have been hidden due to safety of privacy.

NABILazeez · February 25, 2019, 1:34pm

hi @sonnyNg

I already sent the mail dated 21/2/2019 and receive the confirmation automatic email

then I received an email that google is investigating the case .

I’m ready for any further clarification .

thank you for your support and I hope stop these operations soon

best wishes from EGYPT LOCAL GUIDES TEAM