# When Competitors Seek To Impair Your Notary Business With Fake Reviews

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**Created:** [February 19, 2026, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/when-competitors-seek-to-impair-your-notary-business-with-fake-reviews/55380 "2026-02-19T05:58:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![CherylM](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/cherylm/32/38836_2.png) [@CherylM](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/CherylM)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/when-competitors-seek-to-impair-your-notary-business-with-fake-reviews/55380/1 "2026-02-19T05:58:25Z")

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Back in 2009 when I began my mobile notary business in San Francisco, I noted many fake vicious reviews on Yelp that weren’t even my customers! Most only had very little contact with me over the phone.

After 10 vicious attacks on Yelp, I realized they were very good at gas lighting to the public setting me up consistently from the start. None of these complaints were genuine. When I let Yelp know about the fake reviews, it removed them from public view.

After I recently received two 5 star reviews on Google, shortly thereafter, I immediately recognized a setup for me starting with a text from someone who I recognized was leading toward a fake bad review.

The text sent to me was just a lot of unnecessary info I didn’t need to know about as the guy, who also sent his picture, created a structure toward a bad review of me **out of nothing.** I then offered a referral notary because he wasn’t ready to make an appointment.

**He gave a 1 star review on Google**! I believe the fake was asked on behalf of a competitor who wanted to stop the momentum of two recent 5 star reviews.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/notarycafe/original/2X/5/536ced5cfa77a57223f140e81670eb5e2685a07d.jpeg) [@system](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 5:59am UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/when-competitors-seek-to-impair-your-notary-business-with-fake-reviews/55380/2 "2026-05-20T05:59:16Z")

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