A Californian journalist fell prey to a fake website scam while ordering a takeaway from a popular Thai restaurant.
The scammers manage to obtaine an Amex merchant account under the name of a real restaurant without the system flagging them.were able to obtain an Amex merchant account under the name “KIINTHAILA” without being detected.
“How the actual f**k did these obvious scammers get an Amex merchant account in the name of “KIINTHAILA” after supplying the phone number for a website hosting company?” he asked.The user expressed fears that numerous fake accounts on Wix and Amex might pose a threat to legitimate businesses.He also criticized Google Ads for accepting payments from scam artists for businesses that already have a knowledge box on Google’s search results page.
He argued that Amex, Google, and website hosting company Wix should be able to spot and prevent these fraudulent activities. “Google Knows what the real Kiin restaurant is, and yet they are accepting payment to put a fake Kiin listing two slots above the real one,” he said. Doctorow feared that there may be countless other fake Wix websites and Amex merchant accounts for real businesses, with Google Ads selling ads to these scammers for each one.
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