Ive got a bridge for sale.
I don't know anything about google maps being used for scams but I can guarantee they will be using it to increase property taxes. We googled our address and the giant koi pond, 2 new run-ins for the horses and his new unfinished garage are there as plain as day. And there are cameras popping up everywhere that can use facial recognition for law enforcement purposes.
Denise
Add to that, the domain name servers will take you for a nice ride on every page look up. They will take you to 5 - 10 sites that are all tracking what everyone is doing on the net before they take you to the site you clicked on. Big brother is here!
Govts have special sattilites that can read a licence plate on a car in detail....BELEIVE IT
OK I figured it out. Each one of those little cameras contains a 360 degree view of a point on the road used by Google Earth's 'Street View' feature. The inaccurate street addresses are (hopefully) just a flaw in Google's info rather than any malicious real estate scam. I don't know if I'm more creepified or less knowing this. I certainly understad this article a little better.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216402758&cid=iwhome_art_Googl_mostpop