Melbourne

Friends, please help me report multiple scam listings for Puffing Billy on Google maps "located" in the CBD/South Melbourne.

Location 1 CBD: https://maps.app.goo.gl/fxVNa5w4SbZ7V1Qi9

Location 2 South Melbourne: https://maps.app.goo.gl/YB7w8NzmbtMJbdmf7

These, for those who know, are obviously not real. And include a bunch of AI generated photos (plus photos from people who didn't realise the postings were not the real ones)

The locations link to a fake puffing billy websites selling "discounted tickets" (putting a markup on the tickets, or stealing personal information, do doubt).

I've tried repeatedly to suggest an edit to have them removed, the CBD listing was briefly taken down, but somehow the scammer has had it reinstated.

The one in South Melbourne keeps being rejected by the Google moderator.

Please leave negative reviews on these listings based on your own assessment and opinion. If you come to the same obvious conclusion, please use the keywords "scam" so that google highlights this to people looking at the reviews.

Please suggest an edit > place is closed or not here > and choose one of the following:

1. Doesn't exist here
2. Duplicate of another location (make sure you don't select the other fraudulent location, only none of the above if the one from Belgrave doesn't appear)
3. Offensive, harmful or misleading

Hoping the number of reports will help it be reviewed by someone who isn't just looking at the age of the postings and the number of reviews.

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