A group of Thane-based con artists have been putting up their own contact numbers and getting customers who call them into revealing sensitive account details. Police officers said that if one searches for a particular branch of a bank on Google, the results include the Google Maps page. The contact information on the page, such as the address and phone number, can be edited by anyone as part of Googles User Generated Content policy. A spokesperson said, After these incidents came to our notice, we modified the contact details on these branch listings on Google Maps”]
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