Don't pay the poster
Paying doesn't guarantee removal — Ripoff Report's policy prevents poster deletion anyway. You've funded someone who can post again under a new name. Document the extortion email with full headers and preserve everything.
File IC3 or local police report where applicable. Extortion is criminal regardless of whether the report contains any truth.
Building the removal case
Extortion evidence strengthens arbitration and any poster identification effort. We linked the email metadata timeline to the report posting — same hour, same IP range in one case that made counsel comfortable proceeding.
The report itself was entirely fabricated — no customer relationship existed. Wrong-party plus extortion is a strong combination.
Outcome
Arbitration award required removal. Poster identification through legal process led to a cease-and-desist with financial consequences. Total timeline: four months. Cost was real but less than the owner would have lost in Q4 contracts.
Extortion cases get priority in our Ripoff Report Removal queue because every day live costs money and invites copycats.