Google has announced a lawsuit against pet scammers.
The cheater pretended to sell puppies. AOP
Although Google has announced that it stops more than 100 million malicious emails every day, people still encounter various forms of romance, fundraising and investment scams online.
Now Google saysThe movement has had a huge number of pet scams over the past two years that have increased as a result of the pandemic as people search for themselves to follow their pets. According to Google, searches for “Adopt a Dog” clearly increased on its search engine at the start of the pandemic.
Google reports a report by the Better Business Bureau that 35 percent of e-commerce scams were related to pets in the United States.
In pet scams, the scammer publishes endearing images of pets for whom a sad background story has been invented. However, these pets do not exist, and the scammer will try to get the pet interested to pay only the delivery fees in advance. If the delivery fees are paid, the scammer is no longer covered or he tries to pump more money in some way.
Google reports a case where a scammer pretended to sell basset puppies using fake photos and customer feedback. The scam was carried out using fake websites and fake accounts for Google services.
Google says it filed a lawsuit against the scammer. Google says it has set a “legal precedent” for the case to protect people from similar scams in the future.