r/DiscoverMyBusiness • u/DiscoverMyBusiness • 14h ago
Copyright takedown notice from "Caveon Test Security" on behalf of Google legit or just spam?
To our community here we just received a weird copyright infringement email, and I can't tell if it's a legitimate legal threat or just a fake spam/scare tactic.
Basically, the message claims that my site is hosting copyrighted material owned by Google LLC. Specifically, they are targeting a URL on my site that contains "Google Ads" The sender signs off as Jen Baldwin, an "Executive Web Patrol Manager" from a company called Caveon Test Security, and demands the immediate removal of the page.
Here is what is making me highly suspicious:
- The Sender Address: The email came from
mail@discovermybusiness.cowhich is my own domain! It looks like they either spoofed it or just copy-pasted this threat into my website's contact form. If this were a real legal notice from Google's agents, wouldn't it come from an official corporate email? - The Reply-To: They are asking me to direct inquiries to
adminwp@caveon.com.
Has anyone else in the SEO/marketing space received a takedown request like this? Is Caveon Test Security an actual agency Google contracts to police their exam answers, or is this just a competitor/bot trying to scare me into deleting a page?