Fake Branding Courtesy of Google+

Fake Google+ Profile Looks Bad For Bank Of America, But Worse For Google
Huffington Post
November 16, 2011



A Google+ account titled “Bank of America“ posted a series of updates last week mocking homeowners who couldn”™t pay their mortgages.

“Big company party in foreclosed house #2340087 tonight!” read one post.

Another warned Occupy Wall street protesters, “You will sit down and shut up, or we will foreclose on you.”

The Google+ profile featured a Bank of America logo, a link to the bank”™s website, and the address and phone number of its New York headquarters. And though it boasted the same name as Bank of America”™s official page — it was a fake.

Bank of America is one of several high-profile brands, including Disney, that have had their identities usurped on Google+ by users impersonating the companies. Continue reading “Fake Branding Courtesy of Google+”