Inside the fake Facebook profile industry
Radio-Canada.ca: “We discovered a massive network of fake Facebook profiles used to trap victims in sextortion scams. Here's how.
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Fake views and reviews for websites
how users manipulate YouTube, Amazon and other "views" data using bots, and other tools for Fake views and reviews for websites
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Inside YouTube’s fake views economy | The Outline
Views are currency on YouTube, and the existence of fake ones creates questions for all videos.
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OpenTable Fires Employee For Making Fake Reserve Bookings
OpenTable has fired an employee for making hundreds of Chicago restaurant reservation using Reserve, a rival booking platform OpenTable Infuriat...
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Some hotels charge visitors for bad reviews
TRAVELLERS have grown accustomed to annoying hidden fees, from the baggage charges that bring airlines tens of billions of dollars a year to the re...
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Confessions of a Professional Fake Shopper
When desperate storeowners want to convince passersby to stop in, they hire fun, happy people to pose as shoppers. They’re actually out-of-work act...
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How merchants use Facebook to flood Amazon with fake reviews - The Washington Post
A Post examination found the majority of reviews on some popular products appeared to violate the e-commerce giant’s policies.
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Google salvaged Robinhood’s one-star rating by deleting nearly 100,000 negative reviews - The Verge
Google is actively removing negative reviews of the Robinhood app from the Google Play Store, the company confirmed to The Verge. After some disgru...
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Inside The Ecosystem That Fuels Amazon’s Fake Review Problem
A vast web of Amazon review fraud lives online, and it's designed to evade the company’s efforts to thwart it.
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Some Amazon Reviews Are Too Good To Be Believed. They're Paid For || NPR
In shadow marketplaces, positive reviews for Amazon products are bought and sold. The company says it's cracking down and that it estimates that le...
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How Much of the Internet Is Fake? Turns Out, a Lot of It, Actually.
Turns out, a lot of it, actually. “How much of the internet is fake? Studies generally suggest that, year after year, less than 60 percent of we...
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