As wonderful as the internet can be, I feel like it lies to us every day. Fake reviews—seemingly legitimate assessments created by a seller or someone paid by them—are becoming harder to spot. The online shopping boom has made them a big business, but they can end up costing you serious money. Is there anything any of us can do about it anymore?
In 2021, it was discovered that over 200,000 people were involved in a fake reviews scheme with third-party Amazon vendors. Worse yet,…








