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Craigslist ad offers cash in exchange for for fake Yelp reviews

Want another reason not to trust Yelp?  An ad posted on Craigslist under the New York City section is seeking to hire people to write fake Yelp reviews for restaurants to help boost their ratings.The ad , discovered by the website Eater , states someone is looking for well written reviews for $25 a pop."Many of these restaurants have a bi-polar review history (mostly positive 4's and 5's but a couple unfiltered 1's dragging them down, either from competitors or disgruntled ex-staff) and need a few 5's to rebuild their rating back. If this is something you'd be interested in, let us know."For an extra $25, you can "cut and paste the same review onto a couple other social media websites." Eater dug up emails from a totally real "reputation management firm" that charges restaurants $500 to increase their social media scores on review sites that your parents use, like Urbanspoon, Yelp, and TripAdvisor.Yelp has said it is cracking down on businesses like this.  It's using a computer filter ...

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