Fake Google Reviews & Extortion — Has Anyone Dealt With This?
Guys, has anyone here dealt with something like this on Google Business?
I started getting bad reviews from people who were clearly never my customers, and then people contacted me offering to remove the reviews for money. I already paid once, and it was useless — it just keeps happening again and again.
I’ve already spoken with Google, but they keep saying they don’t see any policy violations in the reviews, so they won’t remove them.
The most frustrating part is how much work goes into building a business and a good reputation. You do the job properly, spend your time and effort, and after every happy customer you have to ask them to please leave that one small review. You slowly build your rating and reputation over time, and then some idiots who have never even been your customers come along and try to destroy everything in a few days.
Has anyone experienced this before? How did you deal with it? What options do I have to stop it?
Also, if anyone has a minute and doesn’t mind helping, please go to our Google page and report the negative reviews. These reviews were left by people who were never our customers. Maybe if enough people report them, Google will finally take a closer look.
I would really appreciate the help. 🙏 #scamers