Will Banning Certain Countries from Website Hurt SEO?

Hey Guys,

I'm a small business owner and have a locally optimized website. All my clients are within a 5 mile radius of me.

Recently I've been getting an insane amount of spam mail from India and Pakistan- mostly people just using my website's contact form. At least 1-2 visitors a day from those countries that open the site, leave a message or call me, and bounce.

I know I can ban certain countries from my website, but I'm wondering if that would affect SEO. Does Google care if a website is set to US+Canada only? I could also maybe make a separate homepage just for india/pakistan with a fake contact form and phone number on it..

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

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