<story><title>Amazon Review Scam</title><url>https://twitter.com/cperciva/status/1325882623424565248</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>msoad</author><text>There is a whole network of fake reviewers, agents and sellers that pump up products on Amazon. It is extremely easy to find those people. A simple search for &amp;quot;Amazon Reviews&amp;quot; on Facebook will take you to a few &lt;i&gt;open&lt;/i&gt; Facebook Groups. Here are a few examples:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;amazonrrc&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;amazonrrc&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;AmReSe&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;AmReSe&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I was curious and contacted one of them. They sent proof screenshots that they indeed refund you if you buy a products and leave a good review. They instructed me to search for specific term to find the product instead of giving me a link to click on.&lt;p&gt;For Amazon, this is easy to prevent because it is so easy to find sellers that are engaging in that sort of activity.&lt;p&gt;As always, if you follow the money, Amazon has little interest in doing so...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bentcorner</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;I have the manufacturer of a product (a @wirecutter
 pick, no less) that I reviewed 3 stars, who has been emailing me offers of increasing amounts of money to take it down. The most recent offer is well over what I spent on the product. I revised my review down to 1 star.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meta-scam: Buy cheap items that are review-scammed and write a thorough, plausible 1-star review, hold out for profit.  Rinse, repeat.</text></comment>
<story><title>Amazon Review Scam</title><url>https://twitter.com/cperciva/status/1325882623424565248</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>msoad</author><text>There is a whole network of fake reviewers, agents and sellers that pump up products on Amazon. It is extremely easy to find those people. A simple search for &amp;quot;Amazon Reviews&amp;quot; on Facebook will take you to a few &lt;i&gt;open&lt;/i&gt; Facebook Groups. Here are a few examples:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;amazonrrc&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;amazonrrc&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;AmReSe&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;AmReSe&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I was curious and contacted one of them. They sent proof screenshots that they indeed refund you if you buy a products and leave a good review. They instructed me to search for specific term to find the product instead of giving me a link to click on.&lt;p&gt;For Amazon, this is easy to prevent because it is so easy to find sellers that are engaging in that sort of activity.&lt;p&gt;As always, if you follow the money, Amazon has little interest in doing so...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>texasbigdata</author><text>Not just that, but the last 3 things I bought (workout stuff) last week from Amazon each had a little notecard inside with a bait for a review and a hinted at alternative dispute resolution system; and none of the items was particularly expensive which suggests the customer acquisition cost of having a high ranking Amazon item must be so low it makes sense to defend it aggressively with gift cards and such.</text></comment>