Suspicious website seems to be taking data from Thumbtack

Hi all, I came across something that might be a concern for many of us. Google searches for my business lead to an alleged profile for me, which I most certainly did not create, that consists of information copied and pasted from my Thumbtack page, with AI-style embellishment. It seems like fake profiles for most of my fellow Thumbtack test prep tutors can also be found there:

https://crackerjack.app/lessons-tutoring/test-prep-services

To add insult to injury, they gave us arbitrary average ratings that in most cases are lower than the real thing! 😮

Not sure how many other service categories are affected by this, but it seems like something Thumbtack and its users might want to look into. I've seen lots of websites over the years that were obviously imitating Thumbtack, but I think fake profiles are a bridge too far.

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  • DustiO
    DustiO Administrator, Moderator Posts: 1,939

    Passed this along to the team. Thanks for flagging!