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Scammer calls your business phone claiming to be from Google.

Their phone number is usually spoofed but, it displayed once as 1-850-868-0323. They claim to be based in Florida.

They say your Google account has expired and needs to be re-verified.

They then ask questions related to your business (obtained from your Google web listing) and want to know if your business phone is a landline or cell.

The scammers then send a verification code to your cell phone and ask you to tell them the code number.

If you give them the code number, your phone number is then used to set up a bogus Google Voice account in their name.

For more info about this scam, see:

https://support.google.com/voice/thread/2258176?hl=en

https://computertutorflorida.com/2019/01/the-verification-code-scam/

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Email came over from : on 10/14/19 @ 536am

Dear Candidate,

Thank you for applying to our job post, We are impressed by your background and would like to invite you for the job briefing and interview. You need to make contact with our hiring manager through Google Hangout. You are required to setup a Gmail account (www.gmail.com) and download google hangout (www.google.com/hangouts). The hiring manager will let you know more about the Data Entry, Administrative Assistant,Customer Service,Office Assistant,Program Manager positions etc,, answer your questions and brief you more about the company and position we have available for you to Occupy. Your verification code during the interview process is WNS2019.

To Contact our Hiring Manager

Name: Mrs. Betty George

Google hangout: [email protected]

Pay: $45.75 hourly

Time: ASAP

Best of luck,

Human Resources

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- Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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Same as experience as many others have stated as complaints about them. Called saying they are directly affiliated with Google, but are NOT. I repeatedly asked them if they were directly from Google and they said they are. Represented himself has David Brown. They somehow had a Google verification code sent to me. I made the mistake of giving it to them. Once I searched the online while I was still on the phone, I confronted him about being a scam. He immediately hung up.

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- Lehi, UT, USA
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Business claims to be a Google 3rd party client support service that helps list SBOs on Google. They claim to help promote key word searches and demand a payment of $299 to $399 to get your ad live on Google. When you ask for a manager, ask about the company profile or ask for online payment details, they immediately hang up on you. This company called me over a dozen times trying to collect. It wasn't until I called them back asking questions that they stopped calling my line.

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- Spanish Fork, UT, USA
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GoMarketin

Mark Gordon

He told me he was with google and wanted access to our website, I repeated asking your are with google he keep saying yes. I did research and it’s a marketing firm making companies think it’s google

1-888-726-4470 Ext5028

Additional number is

385-230-3386

I would like to file a complaint

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- Shreveport, LA, USA
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This robo call keeps coming through and leaves a voice message about customers won't be able to locate my business without me verifying my information about my business. A Robo call, calls states that it is calling for Google to make it easier for customers when they are doing a search for my services. This is a scam. It even comes up on my cell as likely Scam/Fraud.

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Received a call from Google, now keeping track the phone numbers that are calling us almost daily with automated message.

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Robocaller "Patrick" says "your Google listing may be in jeopardy and you need to verify the information in your listing. It will only take a moment of your time. Press 1 if you are the owner and Press 2 to be removed from their list".

It never gives an option of "I am not the owner, just an employee of the company" so the only option has ever been "2" or hang up on them. Either way, we seem to get about 10 calls per week on our various lines coming in (from various MN numbers all with the same message) whether or not we press 2 or hang up on them. It is a real pain having them call in on lines that customers are trying to get through to us for business on.

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- Hollywood, FL, USA
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the lady on the phone said she calls for google. that there has been fraud in the internet and they notify me that they will close my Google account for security reason. if I want to I could do it myself

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This number texted me on Saturday morning asking me to confirm my google verification code. I thought this to be a very fishy text - I phoned the number and it definitely wasn’t google, it was some strange voicemail with no recording, however you could leave a message (which I did not)

They sent me a verification code from a number ‘220-00’ and tried to get me to verify that number. I’m assuming this was the beginning of some sleezy elaborate scam these [censored] decided to pull on me. I told them very clearly where to go and that was that!

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They said they were with Google and calling to update my business account information. So I was hesitant, but thinking "just don't answer private business info". They asked to clarify business name (I did not answer phone with name), so I did, then they asked if I was the owner, and said my full name. I said "Yes" and they hung up. So is this related to the scams about getting people to say Yes on the phone?

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I started a landscaping business this year and ive had people call me pretending to work for google and they say that they can get me on the front page of google when I say im not interested they just immediately hang up and if I call back the number they called me from and it will say that number is out of service seems to me they are scamers trying to obtain credit card info or bank info I just had them call me again today i didnt awnser just called back and its the same extension as previously so i believe its the same people

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- Baltimore, OH, USA
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I've received multiple calls from 740-524-7004. The individual says he is with Google, and he's calling to confirm my Google business listing. He wants contact info as well as account numbers, and where I bank. He wants personal credit card info as well as number of employees. He speaks perfect English. I did not give him any info. I asked to speak to a supervisor. The man said he owned all of Google and I was compelled to give him the information. This is a phishing expedition to commit fraud later. I reported this to the state highway patrol, but they were not interested in this.

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- West Palm Beach, FL, USA
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Told me my phone number was hacked by someone in Ohio and the FBI was looking for me, ooh ooh they have put all your pictures on a porn website. I will send you an email report of th information. My name is Henry Smith I am Asian this name is to protect my iddentity as a google employee. My phone number to have police contact me is 1 855 486-4888. This was done 20 days ago by an long distance number ending in 78. They will continue to acess your information and they are sending me a text to tell me this. I have changed your email address and your pin and it will cost you $200 dollars on a google play card. I immediately told them they were a scam and it would be reported.

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I answered the phone and a voice said, "Ple[censored]d to verify your business Google listing." I held, and when the person got on the phone, he said, is this the business owner. I said "yes" and immediately realized I did the wrong thing. He hung up immediately. I called the number back, and it was not a working number.

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I had a problem in accessing my Gmail account. So i went to the web site to get the phone number for Google. The number that came up was 1-855-769-8444. I phoned this number and talked to a person name Manish. and he connived me that they are safe since they are representing Google. Then they wanted to access my computer which they did and shut my computer down. They said their technician will get in touch with me and will cost me $150.00. I put the phone down and did not entertain the call from their technician. Now i have to spend money to debug my computer. Please note this is not the only time i have been exposed to this type of scam and we should do our best to ensure that this is not repeated..

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- Apopka, FL, USA
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Wants money so I can keep my Google business site. This is free and business owners can only do it themselves. Its regulated to our mailing address,email,passwords,etc. They do not work for google and have no services to even offer. Just wants my financial information

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- Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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They called and said that they were with Google and that I had won money and that I needed to send them $350 for the delivery fee. After the phone call, they began texting me the information to send the money to. The information said that the address to send the money to is in the United Arab Emirate, Zipcode 971 and his name is Tobi Ayodeji. They also used the names Ben Morgan (FedEx deliveryman) & Tina Whitman (receiver of the delivery fee). They said they were from Franklin, PA. Then they stated they were in LA. They stated that the FBI and INTERPOL is aware of this program and that I "should not be afraid" of the situation because it is "legitimate." He also stated that one day the board of Facebook and "Mr. Mark" knew about the program. They told me not to tell anyone. He initially said that I won $550,000, then it went up to $1M. They wanted me to send the money either via Fed-Ex, Western Union Store or Walmart MoneyGram. They sent me photos of Mark Zuckerberg in a conference room with members of the military "securing my and other people's winnings." They sent me a photo of "my winnings" as well as photos of a Fed-Ex truck, and a Bank of America check "from Facebook" with my name on it and a list of "Facebook world lottery 2018 winnings," a winnings certificate for $500,000. They asked me for my bank information. They photoshopped my name on a bunch of false documents. They have my name and address. This is a very thorough scam!

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The phone call came in this morning 7/12/18 about 11:15 a.m. Arizona Time. The Rep. claimed to be with Google and they said they would text me a verification code and that is why I gave them my first and last name with my cell phone number.That is all the info I gave them and did not give them any financial or social security info at all. Now all they can do is try to scam me by calling my cell phone. I never received any verification code via text like they claimed they would send me. The Rep gave me their personal cell number 216-531-1439 The name of the Rep claiming to be with Google was Nicole Cage. I think it is a bogus name and it sounded like a foreign boiler room call center.The Rep. claimed to be with Google and said our listing was about to expire and needed to be updated. Upon reporting this to my supervisor, he said we are updated with Google and he too has received fake emails regarding Google listing.When I called them back it sounded very shady and they did not answer in a professional manner or identify themselves as being with Google. I feel that this is an info fishing scam.

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I called Google to get a refund they said they were Google. I asked for a refund mega told me I had to buy a 50 Google play card to get my funds back so when I did she took the number and then transfer me to her supervisor name David Malone who said that it was a error with the card I had to get another I told him I didn't have no more 50 dollars to give he then told me that my funds would be frozen if I didn't get another 50 dollars card but he would give me 300 refund I did he transfer me back to Megan I gave her the number again the about 15 minutes later the phone hung up I called back then Robert answered and said them card was no any good I had to buy another so i hung up and they started calling me from different number i call back today and recorded the call I asked for Megan they put her on the phone I asked about my money and she said I'ma call you off my end I got voice recording and receipt and I have the gift card I bought these are the numbers they are using I call today and the saying they are technically support I ask was Google and they said yes

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