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Crackdown: DOCTOR
ClassifiedsAmazon sues to stop phony product reviews ON DUTY
Oranjestad
MAE ANDERSON TIMESHARE FOR SALE Dr. Velasquez
AP Technology Writer Tel. 586-0512
NEW YORK (AP) — Ama- RENAISSANCE
zon is stepping up its fight EMERGENCIA
against bogus product re- Week room price
views on its site, suing more 911
than 1,000 people for al- wk 36 room 130 $2,250
legedly offering to post
glowing write-ups for as wk 37 room 332 $2,750
little as $5 apiece.
The complaint, filed in state wk 38 room 529 $4,750
court in Seattle on Friday,
takes aim at what is be- wk 40 room 336 $3,750
lieved to be a burgeon-
ing practice online: Some wk 40 room 105 $5,000 POLICE 100
people try to make money
by writing five-star testimo- wk 42 room 103 $3,250 ORANJESTAD 527-3140
nials about products they
have never even tried. wk 42 room 338 $4,000 NOORD 527-3200
And some companies try
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sioning such reviews.
Online shoppers are relying wk 49 room 144 $5,500 SAN NICOLAS 584-5000
more and more on con-
sumer reviews on every- wk 48 or 49 room 119 $4,750 POLICE TIPLINE 11141
thing from restaurant meals
and Uber rides to hotel An Amazon.com package awaits delivery from UPS in Palo wk 48 or 49 room 551 $5,500 FIRE DEPT. 115
rooms and iPhone cases. Alto, Calif. Amazon is suing more than 1,000 people for adver- FIRE DEPT.
About 45 percent of con- tising their services writing fake reviews for as little as $5 as it wk 49 or 50 room 203 $5,500 HOSPITAL 582-1108
sumers consider product seeks to crack down on bogus reviews on its site. 527-4000
reviews when weighing an wk 21 or 22 room 347 $4,000 DENTAL CLINIC 587-9850
online purchase, accord- (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
ing to Forrester Research. Contact Brian Cell: 593-0200 AMBULANCE 582-1234
Retailers have tried to
crack down on paid-for vr.realty@mac.com CENTRO MEDICO 523-8833
bogus reviews in a variety _______________________2_0_36_6_7_
of ways. Other sites that alleges. thing off Amazon is con-
depend on customer-gen- In one example, a Fiverr sidered a verified custom- Psychic Cilla Born PHARMACY
erated reviews, including seller named “bess98” er and can write an online
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detect fraudulent write- Anyone who buys some- gus reviews.q
ups. In April, Amazon, the happiness to you immediately.
nation’s largest online re-
tailer, sued several sites All readings are confidential INFORMATION 118
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