Feb 12, 2021 04:33:40 AM by Lisa W
Feb 12, 2021 06:04:32 AM by Mary W
I'm pretty sure that paid reviews are against the Amazon Tos and hence, against Upwork's TOS. I wouldn't even think about this job.
Feb 12, 2021 06:39:42 AM Edited Feb 12, 2021 06:52:07 AM by Preston H
So after you do the work, you will have earned a grand total of negative $2.50?
Let's cut ties with this client and count this as a lesson learned.
Mary is correct that doing paid reviews for Amazon.com purchases is a violation of Amazon.com ToS and Upwork officially states that violating Amazon.com TOS is prohibited.
You could lose your Amazon.com account and be sanctioned by Upwork if caught doing this.
A client who asks you to buy products online and then says they will pay you back later is not looking out for you. They are using you in a scheme.
A real client who needs you to use materials to do your job will send those materials to your address and not ask you to pay for them.
The Amazon.com product review schemers can't send you the product directly because they need you to order with your own account in order to evade Amazon.com fraud detection algorithms. But this is all clearly explained as a violation of that site's rules.
Few companies are as energetic as Amazon when it comes to going after paid reviewers. They have sued thousands of paid reviewers.
Feb 12, 2021 09:06:18 AM by Bojan S
Hi Lisa,
Thank you for flagging this for us. I've escalte this report to the corect team for the review and the project has already been taken down because it was in violation of Upwork TOS.
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