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Google review blackmail targets small businesses across Europe
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:02:51
Publish Date: 2025-11-06 10:02:56
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Small businesses worldwide are being targeted by scammers using fake Google Maps reviews to extort money. The fraudsters post one-star reviews – ever-more convincing thanks to AI – then demand payment to take them down. FRANCE 24 investigated one scheme targeting businesses in France and Spain.
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