Understanding Underground Incentivized Review Services

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2102.04217v4
• Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 23:32:08 GMT
• Title: Understanding Underground Incentivized Review Services
• Authors: Rajvardhan Oak and Zubair Shafiq
• Abstract summary: We study review fraud on e-commerce platforms through an HCI lens. We uncover sophisticated recruitment, execution, and reporting mechanisms fraudsters use to scale their operation. Countermeasures that crack down on communication channels through which these services operate are effective in combating incentivized reviews.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: While human factors in fraud have been studied by the HCI and security communities, most research has been directed to understanding either the victims' perspectives or prevention strategies, and not on fraudsters, their motivations and operation techniques. Additionally, the focus has been on a narrow set of problems: phishing, spam and bullying. In this work, we seek to understand review fraud on e-commerce platforms through an HCI lens. Through surveys with real fraudsters (N=36 agents and N=38 reviewers), we uncover sophisticated recruitment, execution, and reporting mechanisms fraudsters use to scale their operation while resisting takedown attempts, including the use of AI tools like ChatGPT. We find that countermeasures that crack down on communication channels through which these services operate are effective in combating incentivized reviews. This research sheds light on the complex landscape of incentivized reviews, providing insights into the mechanics of underground services and their resilience to removal efforts.

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