Hi all!
We have received five 1-star reviews this evening, all fake (see pic 1). The profiles of the reviewers urge us to contact them (see pic 2) by whatsapp and provide a number (+923444837972) or by email (shanowdd@gmail.com). The same number and email appear appear on the profiles of 3 of the 5 fake reviewers, and two of them have identical profile pics, so we know they are connected.
We have not contacted them as it is an obvious attempt at extortion (and presumably if you pay these people once they just come back for more?). I wanted to share their info above, and a quick Google for that Whatsapp/email reveals other business owners have received the same threat
I have flagged all five reviews as fake and also posted on the GBP community forum
Hopefully this post gets indexed and anyone searching for the scammers' number/email will land here too!
Obviously if there is anything else we should be doing, please let me know
Thank you
We have received five 1-star reviews this evening, all fake (see pic 1). The profiles of the reviewers urge us to contact them (see pic 2) by whatsapp and provide a number (+923444837972) or by email (shanowdd@gmail.com). The same number and email appear appear on the profiles of 3 of the 5 fake reviewers, and two of them have identical profile pics, so we know they are connected.
We have not contacted them as it is an obvious attempt at extortion (and presumably if you pay these people once they just come back for more?). I wanted to share their info above, and a quick Google for that Whatsapp/email reveals other business owners have received the same threat
I have flagged all five reviews as fake and also posted on the GBP community forum
Hopefully this post gets indexed and anyone searching for the scammers' number/email will land here too!
Obviously if there is anything else we should be doing, please let me know
Thank you
