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Brushing (e-commerce)

In e-commerce, brushing, also called "review brushing", is a deceitful technique sometimes used to boost a seller's ratings by creating fake orders, which are either shipped to an accomplice or to an unsuspecting member of the public.

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Brushing (e-commerce)

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Edges60
Triples4
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032787
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seeds 2020 brushing e-commerce seed agriculture seller rating may department fake orders order ratings amazon usda reports said also review

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earrings were received all over the world from Chinainstance ofthousands of packages of seeds marked with false descriptions0.80text
the United Kingdom's DEFRAinstance ofAuthorities0.80text
the USA's USDA APHIS investigatedinstance ofAuthorities0.80text
Kentucky agriculture commissioner Ryan Quarles saidinstance ofAuthorities0.80text

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