I reported the locations directly as “doesn't exist,” and within 5 to 15 minutes they were gone.
But now they’re popping up again in droves and dominating the niche once more. I don’t get all this talk about NAP, websites, and optimization. People create Places, post a few reviews, the websites are all shorturl.at shortened links, and they all rank right above me. I don’t get Google; this is just nonsense.