Press kit

Fake Local Sites maintains a public record of websites built to look like local businesses but operated as lead-brokers. Reporters covering local-business fraud, search-engine optimization for fake businesses, or consumer-protection are welcome to use the data freely.

Story angles we can help with

• Network of N sites, one phone number — how operators evade local-search trust signals.
• Why a Google Business Profile is the single biggest consumer-protection signal.
• How submission of a quote form on a lead-broker site results in 5-10 calls within hours.
• The gap between ICANN WHOIS privacy and state business-registration requirements.

Reach us

Use the report form and mark "press" in the notes.