Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Tell HN: Amazon Reviews Phishing

So it seems you could show one product and show ratings and reviews for a completely different product underneath it.

I've been noticing a lot of these on Amazon now-a-days and I'm not sure what's the loophole and how they manage to achieve it.

Look at this product -

https://amzn.to/2XDw7IA

The product is a wireless earbud. And if you scroll down, you can clearly see the reviews are for a Sony headphone case. Completely different.

Or this - https://amzn.to/2wS2LKM

It's an headphone, but the ratings and reviews are for a Facial steamer!

There are several examples. I got fooled nearly when the reviews are for a headphone, and the product is also a headphone, except they are completely different products.. I'm not even sure what to categorize this as.

I tried searching for this but couldn't find any references to this. If you have faced this / know if this has been covered already, please share the relevant links.


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