Amazon Fake Reviews Scam Exposed in Data Breach
It&#x27;s nice to see hard evidence of this, but anecdotal evidence is plain to see on Amazon.com reviews. For example, a product gets a lot of 5 star reviews stating that the buyer bought it for their child&#x2F;relative&#x2F;friend and they are just <i>sure</i> that they will love it... 5 stars! Or &quot;I just got this delivered yesterday and I haven&#x27;t used it yet but it looks really great!&quot;... 5 stars.<p>These are then immediately followed by a 1 star review along the lines of &quot;This is the biggest piece of junk I&#x27;ve ever bought online. Will be returning to Amazon. DO NOT BUY!&quot;<p>These aren&#x27;t to be confused with the indiscriminate idiots who can&#x27;t be bothered to use their brains, who leave mindless reviews such as &quot;This is junk but it was cheap and kinda works... 5 stars!&quot; Right.<p>Most times this trend of 5&#x27;s followed by 1&#x27;s is seen even in the first page of reviews. It&#x27;s a serious problem with the platform. I usually search for reviews written by people who have had the product for a week or two and give the pros&#x2F;cons along with a less than 5 star rating. That helps me avoid the fakes <i>and</i> the idiots.<p>This makes me wonder why Amazon, in all their analytical genius, isn&#x27;t cracking down on this when it&#x27;s so blatantly obvious.