Did you know that in some countries, like Germany, if you report a review as being fake or spam, Google will email the reviewer about the objection and see if they respond? Mike Blumenthal spotted that in a Google Business Profile help thread.

You can see this business is complaining about a review being spam and/or fake and he reported the review. The response he received from Google translated into:

Here is a screenshot (click to enlarge):

Mike asked “Google, in Germany, sends the reviewer a notice that you objected and if they don’t object, then the reviews come down? Is that correct?”

Seems so? Germany has interesting rules…

Forum discussion at Google Business Profile help.