Multiple Houston restaurants are being targeted by a nationwide scam involving one-star Google reviews and a demand for digital gift cards to remove the negative post.
that restaurants across the country have been targets of the scam involving negative ratings on restaurant Google pages as a bargaining chip to extort digital gift cards.
Bludorn restaurant posted on Instagram the email left by a scammer asking for a Google Play gift card in exchange for removing one-star reviews on the restaurant posted to Google. “I noticed suddenly that all our reservations went down for no reason,” he said, adding that he lost business as a result of the scam.
Field & Tides restaurant in the Heights posted on Instagram the email left by a scammer asking for a Google Play gift card in exchange for removing one-star reviews on the restaurant posted to Google. Others are not as lucky. Aaron Bludorn, chef/owner of Bludorn on Taft, said he has not been able to remove the one-star reviews and “lost count at 30” of the negative reviews on Google.
According to The New York Times story, Google is aware of the scam. “A Google Maps spokeswoman said Monday that the platform was investigating the situation and had begun removing reviews that violated its policies” which include that reviews must be based on actual experiences, according to story.has contacted Google to seek resolution.
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