When Google's users searched for airlines' toll-free phone numbers, Google directed them to phones that rang in the scammers' boiler room, where they were tricked into giving up their passport info and credit card numbers to boiler-room thieves:
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Phone numbers for airlines listed on Google directed to scammers
A Google spokesperson said in an emailed statement that the company does "not tolerate this misleading activity" and that it had fixed the issue.