Re:Yelp Claims Google Broke Promise Made to Regulators
by tdeck on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @04:35AM
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Do you know for sure it was Yelp calling and not some third-party scammer? I have heard there are companies that pull this, and some might pretend to be Yelp but in fact they just create fake reviews and them delete/change them later. (I presume this only works if the target pays "Yelp" over the phone). I am not sure what to believe but like your parent xommentor I am skeptical.
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Re:Yelp Claims Google Broke Promise Made to Regulators
by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @08:35AM
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Given the scale at which phone scammers operate these days, and the fact that many of the scammed business owners are likely not savvy to this, it's plausible.
One wonders how profitable it'd be for Yelp to call small, local businesses at scale for shakedown, considering what's on the line reputationally if one or two people know how to record calls.