After this number called several times, I finally answered. They're spoofing their phone number to appear local. It's a company in CA called Local Lighthouse, who claims to have been contracted by Google. They are not. I apparently asked too many questions about why Google would contract them to call me when I already have our businesses google plus pages and we are showing up in the #1 spots on the search pages for normal terms to find our local businesses. She hung up on me.
I called Google, who directed me to file a complaint with the federal government at iC3.gov ~ which I did and am passing the info on to others. Don't let them scam you.
Automated call with recorded message that mentions an affiliation with Google ("Your website will not be found unless we help you"). Said I could press 9 to opt out but that did nothing. Pressed 1 to talk to someone and asked for the name of the company, etc. Person who answered said "Do you need help or what?" and also "Get off my line; you are wasting my time." Incredibly rude and unprofessional.
After this number called several times, I finally answered. They're spoofing their phone number to appear local. It's a company in CA called Local Lighthouse, who claims to have been contracted by Google. They are not. I apparently asked too many questions about why Google would contract them to call me when I already have our businesses google plus pages and we are showing up in the #1 spots on the search pages for normal terms to find our local businesses. She hung up on me.
I called Google, who directed me to file a complaint with the federal government at iC3.gov ~ which I did and am passing the info on to others. Don't let them scam you.