Verified private home !!

[AbdullazizA]

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

[ErmesT]

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]

Thank you @ErmesT  

[LilyanaZ]

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]

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

[LilyanaZ]

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]

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]

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:

• Pop-Up for "fact checking" if you contributed to a place with photos / review
• How to handle fake edits epidemic

[NABILazeez]

hi @ErmesT 

yes excellent ideas , I voted by thumb up . 

thank you for your support and interest .

best wishes .

[ErmesT]

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