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If you don’t check on a daily basis, your Google [presence] will be hijacked. Greed has corrupted the system of drug treatment.

Al Johnson's warning to drug treatment centers. Johnson is the head of a Florida task force investigating online scammers who are using Google's "suggest an edit" function to change the phone number listed for drug treatment centers. When people call the new number, they often get marketers who offer "free" airline tickets, housing and spots in treatment centers in Florida.

Al Johnson's warning to drug treatment centers. Johnson is the head of a Florida task force investigating online scammers who are using Google's "suggest an edit" function to change the phone number listed for drug treatment centers. When people call the new number, they often get marketers who offer "free" airline tickets, housing and spots in treatment centers in Florida.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.