FTC Warning Letters About Review Abuses
10 letters to the offending companies and details about the review violations committed
| Business Name | City | Prohibited Practice | Category | |
| Provident CPAS PLC | Tulsa, Ok | Providing a $100 fee discount to customers in exchange for the customer posting a 5-star Google review. | CPA | |
| Glasheen, Valles & Inderman, LLP | Lubbock, Tx | Providing a $50 gift card incentive to employees in exchange for each 5-star review obtained from family or friends who were not clients and had no actual experience with the firm. | Personal Injury | |
| Craig Swapp and Associates | Sandy, UT | Providing a $50 bonus to employees for each 5-star review from non-clients (family/friends), and soliciting reviews at community events from individuals without actual experience with the firm. +1 | Personal Injury | |
| Emerson Straw PL | St. Pete, FL | Providing a $50 gift card incentive to employees in exchange for each 5-star review obtained from family or friends who were not clients and had no actual experience with the firm. | Personal Injury | |
| Somerset Apartment Management, LLC (d/b/a Sandhurst Apartment Management) | Charlotte, NC | Conditioning entry into a raffle for a 50-inch TV on a tenant's submission of a 5-star review, and allowing unlimited raffle entries for each positive review. | Property Management | |
| Weidner Property Management LLC | Kirkland, WA | Conditioning entry into a raffle for a choice of a $500 gift card or $500 rent discount on a tenant's submission of a 5-star review. | Property Management | |
| Hortenstine Properties, LLC (d/b/a Lincolnshire Apartments) | Mattoon, IL | Providing a $15 lease credit to tenants in exchange for the tenant posting a 5-star Google review of the apartment complex. | Property Management | |
| Tec Management, L.C. (Hilltop Towers) | South Ogden, UT | Conditioning a $25 account credit and entry into a raffle for a $300 gift card and 1-year Sam's Club membership on a tenant's submission of a 4- or 5-star review. | Property Management | |
| 10 Stars Property Management LLC | Pinellas Park, FL | Providing lease fee discounts to prospective and current tenants in exchange for their publishing a 5-star Google review. | Property Management | |
| Allview Real Estate | Newport Beach, CA | Providing $10 Starbucks gift cards to tenants in exchange for their publishing 5-star Google or Yelp reviews. | Property Management | |