The first one-star review comes in, and then another, and another, and another, and a text message comes in from an unknown email, and in it, someone says they wrote the one-star Google reviews, and ...

There’s bad publicity, and then there’s what’s happening right now to restaurants on Google Maps: a wave of fake one-star ...

"What they're looking for is for businesses to call these numbers, and they'll demand money for them to remove the reviews ...

Colorado Springs businesses face new extortion scam involving fake one-star Google reviews, with scammers demanding $200-$1,000 to remove them.

Scammers are flooding restaurants with fake Google reviews in hopes of scoring a ransom. The search engine recently launched a new process ...

FENTON, Mo. – Denise Sielfleisch is part-owner of a family-owned roofing business that’s been in business for more than 30 years. She said her company, CJS Roofing, averaged a 5-star rating through ...

Google has agreed to implement new rules to clamp down on fake reviews after the UK’s competition watchdog launched an investigation into the tech giant on the issue. The Competition and Markets ...

Google has agreed to punish businesses that boost their star ratings with fake reviews and the people that post them -- specifically in the United Kingdom. "Left unchecked, fake reviews damage ...

The U.K.’s antitrust regulator has reached an agreement with Google to counter the scourge of fake online reviews. The internet giant has committed to several remedies. Bogus endorsements have ...

Google has committed to cracking down on fake reviews by improving fraud detection and punishing offenders. Businesses using shady tactics will lose the ability to submit reviews or have existing ones ...