Google maps is geting spammed with phony names in my town

[TomasZ]

Since a while back the entries in my town are geting altered by someone, cutting their names and adding icons like this: "Ninas Coffee" - "Ninas ☕🍩" 

Or in other cases just cutting their names, like "Gustav Adolf square" is altered to just "square".

Google maps started to look like a project by toddlers until I saw these changes.

The problem is not so much all the place that got their names altered and I have not detected but that they still keep coming even though I have reported it though the feedback button. Got no feedback though.

So I wonder, how do I get this person banned before all work by other here gets destroyed? 

[DeniGu]

Hi @TomasZ, 

Thank you for reaching out.

I checked the places that you mentioned and they all appear with their proper names in Google Maps.

There are a lot of checks in place to ensure high-quality and non-spammy contributions on Google Maps, but sometimes, we may miss a contribution or two. If you find a review, photo or edit that you think violates our policies, you can use the 'flag as inappropriate' icon next to the contribution. A team of specialists will then check if it violates any of our policies (https://goo.gl/dsVNTC and https://goo.gl/dpAf4W) and will take appropriate action.

In this case, since you've found a specific user, I will send you a private message with instructions on how to report this specific user so our team can look into this person's account and take any appropriate action, though we won't be able to share the final decision as we respect everyone's privacy. 

Thank you for your cooperation. 🙂

[TomasZ]

Thank you!

They might be ok since I have spent hours changing names back. And I see this person is going for places all in the rest of Sweden.

I have begun to take screen shots of some of the name changes.

I can find 20 examples of coffeshops in my town with icons being added instead of parts of the name. Like Kafé Cello: https://goo.gl/maps/9rBb1V2jbJq

Now just Cello and some icons. And as I said, this isn't only coffeshops. It's restaurants, arenas, etc , and in this town and others. Old one, and new ones coming in.

I will check my inbox, and I will report as suggested. Right now I'm only reporting the proposed changes as misleading, in the mobile app. but I'll check your links.