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Scammers have found a new avenue for defrauding unsuspecting victims: Google Maps

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the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, according to  Business Insider,  scammers have found a new avenue for defrauding unsuspecting victims: Google Maps. The Google-run online map service lets users submit changes and corrections to listings – so would-be fraudsters are changing the contact details listed for banks on the app. Then, when unsuspecting bank customers ring up what they think is their financial institution, the scammers extract their private banking details and use it to empty their accounts.

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