Lesson: Fake Amazon Review Ring Shut Down by British High Court Join Classes Lesson Have a look at some of these real world materials and go along with the lessons to improve your English.This content is used under licence from the Financial Times THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2019 FT. All Rights Reserved. 12345678 Fake Amazon Review Ring Shut Down by British High Court Fake Amazon Review Ring Shut Down by British High Court Take a listen to the article, and take some notes on what it is about and any information you hear. https://gardenenglishonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/rev.mp3 1 / 6 What is the article about? A court blocking companies that give fake amazon reviews Amazons fake review detection system The problems of fake reviews for consumers The ways people can get new items on amazon Fake Amazon Review Ring Shut Down by British High Court Take a listen and a read of the article and take some notes before clicking next and answering some questions. You can come back and listen anytime. If you want to test yourself, go on without reading and see if you can answer the questions. Also, you can have a look at the questions and come back and take another listen. https://gardenenglishonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/rev.mp3 A fake Amazon review ring has been shut down following a legal challenge in the British courts. The High Court has issued injunctions against three companies that offered to boost Amazon sellers' star ratings using a network of thousands of seemingly authentic reviewers. It is believed to be the first time the UK courts have issued such an injunction. The companies based in Malta and Mallorca traded as AMZTigers and Testerjob. They promised to boost sellers' items in search results by flooding them with five-star reviews. AMZTigers boasted 20,000 reviewers in the UK and 62,000 globally. The reviewers would purchase assigned products on Amazon and then review them, making them appear authentic, but be reimbursed for their cost, effectively being showered with free items in exchange for reviews. Company records show the operations are linked to Norbert Weber, a Berlin-based internet marketing entrepreneur. Mr Weber did not respond to a request for comment. Vocabulary:Â Ring - gang, group of people doing something illegal https://gardenenglishonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ring.mp3 showered with - to be given many free things https://gardenenglishonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/showered-with.mp3 boost - to increase https://gardenenglishonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/boost.mp3 flooding - to have many of something https://gardenenglishonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/flooding.mp3 injunction - a legal stopping of something https://gardenenglishonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/injunction.mp3 Reimbursed - to be paid back https://gardenenglishonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/reim.mp3 2 / 6 Which of these statments are true? The high court has never given an injunction like this Each individual reviewer has been given there own injunction Only a select few reviewers were given the chance to review these companies were working to reduce the review rating 3 / 6 What would be the best synonym for 'flooding' in the context of the third paragraph? pouring submerging damaging inundating 4 / 6 In the review process, first the reviewer _______. brought a project of their choice were paid back by the company were told what product to buy left a review of the product 5 / 6 What has Mr Weber said publicly about these allegations? it's not a crime that he is guilty nothing he's innocent 6 / 6 Fill in the gaps: flooding, showered with, boost, injunction, reimbursed, ring Fake Amazon Review Ring Shut Down by British High Court A fake Amazon review has been shut down following a legal challenge in the British courts. The High Court has issued injunctions against three companies that offered to boost Amazon sellers' star ratings using a network of thousands of seemingly authentic reviewers. It is believed to be the first time the UK courts have issued such an . The companies based in Malta and Mallorca traded as AMZTigers and Testerjob. They promised to sellers' items in search results by them with five-star reviews. AMZTigers boasted 20,000 reviewers in the UK and 62,000 globally. The reviewers would purchase assigned products on Amazon and then review them, making them appear authentic, but be for their cost, effectively being free items in exchange for reviews. Company records show the operations are linked to Norbert Weber, a Berlin-based internet marketing entrepreneur. Mr Weber did not respond to a request for comment. Your score is LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte Restart quiz Join classes today andput some of your new grammar into action Click here
