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Post #440,173
by drook
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10/15/21 5:29:15 PM
10/15/21 5:29:15 PM
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New Faking reviews
They create bogus accounts to order products so they can upload reviews from a "verified purchaser". They need real addresses to ship to, since Amazon would notice if there were 384 accounts with the same address.
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Drew
Post #440,174
by boxley
10/15/21 6:22:19 PM
10/15/21 6:22:19 PM
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New hmm, that makes sense
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #440,175
by Another Scott
10/15/21 8:56:12 PM
10/15/21 8:56:12 PM
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New Hmm...
A year or two ago I got some pumpkin seeds or something similar that I didn't order. I complained to Amazon's customer service about it, saying that it seemed to be a scam that I heard about involving fake reviews. They said they didn't allow their reviews to be faked that way and wouldn't affect any of my accounts with them.

(This was a while ago, so the details are hazy.)

Nothing similar happened again.

Now I see that they have a help page about it, so their story is a little different.

Scammers are everywhere and seemingly are always are trying to game any system...

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #440,176
by drook
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10/15/21 9:30:40 PM
10/15/21 9:30:40 PM
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New And they allow it to go on
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Drew
Post #440,185
by boxley
10/16/21 11:34:37 PM
10/16/21 11:35:00 PM
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New I wouldnt mind if the soap smelled good but it is kind like axe
smells like someone sprayed a very sweaty dirty asshole with old spice. Makes me sneeze
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Expand Edited by boxley Oct. 16, 2021, 11:35:00 PM EDT
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     got a bar of soap via usps and amazon prime - (boxley) - (5) - Oct. 15, 2021, 04:59:34 PM EDT
         Faking reviews - (drook) - (4) - Oct. 15, 2021, 05:29:15 PM EDT
             hmm, that makes sense -NT - (boxley) - Oct. 15, 2021, 06:22:19 PM EDT
             Hmm... - (Another Scott) - (2) - Oct. 15, 2021, 08:56:12 PM EDT
                 And they allow it to go on -NT - (drook) - (1) - Oct. 15, 2021, 09:30:40 PM EDT
                     I wouldnt mind if the soap smelled good but it is kind like axe - (boxley) - Oct. 16, 2021, 11:35:00 PM EDT

And suddenly it occurred to me where these guys had learned their tactics. They'd seen Beau Geste, and were copying the Foreign Legionaires at Fort Zinderneuf.
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