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"A Google Places Help thread has confirmation from Google that Google may request to see your business license as verification to post your listing in Google Maps.A person who places a request to be listed in Google Places asked:I received an email from local-help@google.com. They are requesting a scanned copy of my business license. They sent the request to my business email and not to the email I used to create my listing.\r\n \r\nI just want to know if this is a legitimate request and not some scam.Google representative, Vanessa, responded that this request is indeed from Google.  Vanessa said, \"Just to confirm: Yes, that request is from the Google Places support team. \"This is the first case I have seen Google request business documentation for verification in the Google Places directory.Is this Google going overboard or just a situation where Google has no other way to verify this business?Forum discussion at Google Places Help."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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