Fake Reviews on Amazon (and other large retailers)
I used to do not fake reviews in exchange for free or discounted products back when amazon allowed it. They stopped allowing it several years ago so anyone still doing it outside of the Amazon Vine programbis operating outside Amazon TOS Fraudulent reviews is a huge problem. Here is what I personally look for when evaluating reviews;
Look at the dates on the reviews. Did they all come in a very short period of time or several chunks of a couple of weeks time several months apart? If so, they are likely pushing their product out in batches in exchange for fake reviews.
A more common trick I’m seeing recently is that the reviews aren’t for the actual product on that listing. So they will get a bunch of 5 star reviews for say a facial steamer and then swap the listing out to list a more expensive electronic product that isn’t related at all. If you can’t tell what product the reviews are written about that’s fishy too.
Are the reviews specific and do they use fairly proper English? Or are they just like “OK, good”? [emoji23] A large number of reviews using broken English is suspect.
Click on a few reviewer’s names. Do they leave an abnormally large number of reviews in a short period of time? Are they all 5 star? If yes, don’t pay any attention to their review.
ETA you should report any seller asking for 5 stars or to change your review to Amazon.
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