Google removes fake ratings from scammed restaurants, and the owners breathe easier
Google removed dozens of bogus one-star reviews from the pages of eight Philadelphia restaurants on Tuesday, hours after The ...
Some NYC businesses targeted in fake 1-star review extortion scheme
Some New York City business owners say they're being extorted by fake reviewers who leave a slew of negative Google reviews ...
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Small businesses hit by global scam of fake negative Google reviews
Small business owners are being targeted by scam artists who flood Google Maps and other sites with phony false reviews and then extort the business owner, offering to remove the reviews for a price.
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Montreal restaurants hit with barrage of fake Google reviews in extortion scam
Harrison Shewchuk, the co-owner of Restaurant Limbo, says Google reviews are “a love-hate thing.” They matter, he said, but ...