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Tell HN: Amazon Reviews Phishing

4 pointsby avinothalmost 6 years ago
So it seems you could show one product and show ratings and reviews for a completely different product underneath it.<p>I&#x27;ve been noticing a lot of these on Amazon now-a-days and I&#x27;m not sure what&#x27;s the loophole and how they manage to achieve it.<p>Look at this product -<p>https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Headphones-Breathing-Earphones-Cancelling-Bluetooth&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B07QBNG3N5&#x2F;<p>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.<p>Or this - https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;littlejian-Headphones-Earphones-Microphone-Compatible&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B07SRP7F1X&#x2F;<p>It&#x27;s an headphone, but the ratings and reviews are for a Facial steamer!<p>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&#x27;m not even sure what to categorize this as.<p>I tried searching for this but couldn&#x27;t find any references to this. If you have faced this &#x2F; know if this has been covered already, please share the relevant links.

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