1-star review attacks plague restaurants on Google
Google is aware of the issue and has advised business owners to flag the reviews or contact Google support to get them removed: Restaurants around the U.S. are under attack from negative reviews. The New York Times covered the newest scam, where people are leaving 1-star reviews for restaurants and then emailing saying that they have to send them a gift card before they’ll remove the reviews. Google’s response: “We’ve recently become aware of a scam targeting businesses on Google with the threat of 1-star reviews unless they send money via gift cards.…
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