A fake, reputation-damning claim was published about your business on Ripoff Report. You’re panicking. You’re upset. You’re angry.

But most of all, you want to know how to get the fake claim removed from Ripoff Report, and you want to do so as cheaply as possible.

Well, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve been in your shoes.

A jealous competitor published a fake Ripoff Report claim about our business, Ouster Marketing, and we fought to get the issue resolved—successfully—without spending money.

When it comes to resolving fake claims on Ripoff Report, most of your options are prohibitively expensive (we’re talking thousands of dollars).

In this post, I’ll show you the most cost-effective ways to deal with false Ripoff Report claims, as well as every other option you have at your disposal.

But first, let’s go over the basic stuff you must understand about Ripoff Report.

It’s almost impossible to completely remove fake Ripoff Report Claims

Because of a little-known piece of legislation called the Communications Decency Act, Ripoff Report isn’t responsible for any falsified claims made about your business on their website.

Ripoff Report is an extortion racket

Because anyone can publish a fake claim about your business on Ripoff Report, scammers and grudge-holders can use the site as a way to extort money from innocent business owners.

In addition to scammers and grudge-holders, you must also watch out for competitors who are eager to sink your reputation with unethical tactics via Ripoff Report.

What can you actually do about false claims on Ripoff Report?

Let’s go over your list of options and the PROS and CONS of each.

Contact the person who made the false claims about your business

Give your side of the story

Pay $2,000 to join the Ripoff Report corporate advocacy program

Sue Ripoff Report or/and the author of the fake claim

Hire a professional reputation management company

Our advice for dealing with fake claims on Ripoff Report

Create content and push the fake claim off of the 1st page of Google.

Instead of paying large sums of money for an uncertain outcome, create blog posts, podcasts, and videos. Share your experience and knowledge. Create value and be as transparent as humanly possible.

Help your customers and would-be customers solve their challenges. Earn their trust by being helpful.

This way, if a fake Ripoff Report claim is published about your business, nobody will believe it anyway, because you’ve proven yourself to be useful and trustworthy.

Create high-quality content and force Google to prioritize and index your new webpages. This tactic will result in getting the fake Ripoff Report claim pushed off the 1st page of Google.

There’s a bad joke in the SEO world.

Where’s the best place to hide a body?

On the second page of Google.

We also recommend this tactic:

Prove that the claims made about your business on Ripoff Report are verifiably false

In the false claim made about our business, real names and businesses were mentioned alongside our own. So, naturally, we reached out to the other people who were mentioned in the false claim.

One of the other people mentioned by name in the false report filed a rebuttal, making it known to readers that the claims made on Ripoff Report were completely fake.

So if other names are mentioned in the fake Ripoff Report claim, contact the other people who are mentioned. Chances are, they don’t want their names on this website any more than you do, and they’ll most likely be willing to file a rebuttal on your behalf.

Contact the police (if you know who the author is)

For us at Ouster Marketing, we know who defamed our reputation. This particular guy routinely harasses us online and via text.

And because of issues surrounding the guy’s mental health, it appears as though we can expect him to continue his dirty tricks.

However, we did report the guy to the police. If he continues to pursue illegal, unethical activities in an attempt to harm us, we have a well-documented case against him.

So if your situation is similar to ours, and the individual who published the fake claim is harassing you on and offline, please, go to the police. If they can’t help you, at least you’re not out of any serious amount of money.

Protect the reputation of your business moving forward

We now live in an age of fake news, disinformation campaigns, and online trolling. The internet offers anyone the ability to ruin the reputation of your business.

Publish high-quality content. Be transparent. Take control of the narrative surrounding your business.

By controlling the narrative that surrounds you and your business, you make it impossible for scammers to destroy the business you’ve worked so hard to build.

If You Want More Help Dealing With Your Fake Ripoff Report Claim

We know from experience that dealing with fake claims on Ripoff Report is no laughing matter; it can cause anxiety, fear, and shame. No innocent business owner should ever have to deal with this.

We offer a free strategy session, where you can speak to us directly over the phone or via Skype.

In the strategy session, we’ll talk about your situation, create a content strategy specifically designed for you, and resolve the fake Ripoff Report claim made about your business, once and for all.

There’s no catch. I’m not going to pressure you into buying anything. If you take me up on the free strategy session, the only thing I ask of you: Pay it forward. If you see someone who could use your help . . . Help them!

And if you need our help, take advantage of our free strategy session. It won’t be available forever.

Take care of yourself, mentally and physically. Work smart. Look up from time to time. Recognize the needs of others. Hide whoopie cushions underneath your Dad’s chair. Spread laughter.

Cheers

How to resolve fake Ripoff Report claims - your cheapest options