Reporting a Local Guide

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There is a local guide that has written 24 out of 35 five star reviews for affiliated companies within one specific industry. It seems to be that this account was set up to promote this group of affiliated companies. Also to disparage competitors with one-star reviews. Activity on the account starts 6 months ago.

There are multiple reviews written for some of the companies. Some were written on the same day or close to it. For example, there are 7 reviews for the same company that were all written 5 months ago.

Many of the reviews can be considered advertising. Example: "Outstanding and professional service for [type of service] in City Name, City Name, City Name, and City Name!

This Local Guide has written about 10 reviews for other types of companies to try to look legitimate.

Could a Google Moderator @Anonymoususer1 send me a link with instructions on how to report this Local Guide? This person provides no value to Google or its users.

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Hi @BonniePM

In this case, since you’ve found a specific person, I will send you a private message with instructions on how to report this specific person so our team can look into their account and take any appropriate action, though we won’t be able to share the final decision as we respect everyone’s privacy. We ask that you do not share any information publicly about the person you think may be violating our policies as we respect everyone’s privacy.

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Thank you. I appreciate your help.

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Hi @BonniePM

I thank you for your efforts to make a Google Maps better place.