Over 10K Facebook groups have been used to solicit fake reviews in an attempt to receive money or free products
Amazon is taking legal action against the administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups being used to create fake product reviews in an attempt to receive money or free products.
According to the e-commerce behemoth, the groups are set up to recruit individuals willing to post “incentivized and misleading reviews” on Amazon’s stores in the U.S., U.K, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Japan.
The fake reviews are solicited on hundreds of products available for sale on Amazon, including car stereos and camera tripods.
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