Google Maps users recently noticed an assortment of help messages written out on the ground in Los Angeles. The messages sparked fears of human trafficking as some said “LAPD,” “FBI” and Trafico.” A social media user looked into the messages and was told they were being written by a homeless man.

A Los Angeles region near a shipping port has shot into the limelight after social media users spotted the words 'help' and 'traffico' on Google satellite live images. The words were written in the debris of the wildfires that have ravaged the region.