Spammers Hit Amazon.com Reviews
Even though the user-submitted reviews on Amazon.com are moderated and cannot contain HTML or links, spammers are not deterred. While shopping for a bluetooth mouse I came across the following:
This is a great product, and you can get it, along with any other products on Amazon up to $500 Free! Participate in this special promotion and get a free $500 Amazon Gift Card at this web site: stuffnocost.com/amazon
The reviewer only has a single review to his name. However, Google turns up 100,000 entries for the body of the spam. Now, when someone can get a hundred grand of their spam onto such a big name social ecomerce site as Amazon.com, you know spam’s becoming a giant, pervasive problem.
If this concerns you, go read what Om Malik has to say about spam on Reddit, or Steve Rubel’s suggestions on spamming social online media.
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