I&#x27;m 90% sure that the people calling about removing bad review are shady marketing services companies that are offering this.<p>The same thing happens with Google. Someone says &quot;hi I&#x27;m your local Google specialist...&quot; They&#x27;re not exactly claiming to be from Google, but it&#x27;s confusing to an offline small business owner that thinks Google is calling them.<p>I&#x27;ve heard many of these messages for Google. I don&#x27;t recall any from Yelp, but if you have any friends or family that claim that Yelp is doing so - ask to listen to the recording. I wouldn&#x27;t be surprised if it&#x27;s some other company claiming they can help.<p>I too have heard from a few businesses telling me directly that they don&#x27;t trust Yelp and they know someone who got threatened. But like the parent comment said, it&#x27;s hard to find a direct link.<p>At the end of the day it&#x27;s shady businesses claiming to be a Yelp or Google specialist that are muddying the waters from what I can tell.