Really odd (and fake?) reviews profile for a local competitor

[kathleen.rhodes]

I provide local SEO and review management services for businesses that are mostly located near where I live. Recently a local "agency" has surpassed me not only in reviews but also in local ranking results.

The business appears to be a "branch" of a national agency. They have a location in a Regus Office that houses MANY other businesses.

When I click on the names of multiple people who have left reviews for this particular competitor, nearly all of the folks are Local Guides at Level 3; however, when I click on their names, almost always no reviews appear to have been posted by them, as you can see in this screenshot example: https://tinyurl.com/2c392mjs

Is there anyone like @keyserholiday who might want to look into this apparent fraud?!? Please let me know and I'll share the details.

 

[keyserholiday]

I would love to take a look. Please message me.

 

[JS Girard]

I provide local SEO and review management services for businesses that are mostly located near where I live. Recently a local "agency" has surpassed me not only in reviews but also in local ranking results.

The business appears to be a "branch" of a national agency. They have a location in a Regus Office that houses MANY other businesses.

When I click on the names of multiple people who have left reviews for this particular competitor, nearly all of the folks are Local Guides at Level 3; however, when I click on their names, almost always no reviews appear to have been posted by them, as you can see in this screenshot example: https://tinyurl.com/2c392mjs

Is there anyone like @keyserholiday who might want to look into this apparent fraud?!? Please let me know and I'll share the details.

The easy way to cheat local guide stats is to upload craptons of photos. Heck, I think you can upload the same one dozens of time and google won't detect it.

So low review numbers would totally trackk