This is Google's fault in my opinion.
Scammers are duplicating ecommerce websites. They buy Google ads, bidding on branded terms, and send traffic to scam ecommerce sites. People buy products thinking they're on the official website. Then they find out it's a scam when no product ever arrives.
The scammer gets credit card information. The scammer gets personal address information. The scammer gets money. All because they were able to buy a Google ad to a fake, duplicated ecommerce website.
We get these sites taken down fast, but they pop up even faster. Even when you submit trademark disputes and scam reports, all these platforms just don't deal with it fast enough.
But Google? They could stop it dead in its tracks because Google ads seem to be how these scammers generate the sales.
Scammers are exploiting Google's ad platform to steal money, credit card details, and personal information from unsuspecting shoppers. The platforms aren't moving fast enough to shut them down.
Google has the power to end this. They're the ones profiting from these ad buys while consumers get burned.
It's time for Google to step up and fix this problem at the source.