Watch out for Amazon product tester job scams
On social media these days, you'll find a lot of ads and videos featuring ways to become an Amazon product tester to earn extra money and enjoy free items.
That may sound interesting to you, but it's also interesting to potential scammers.
These product testing opportunities are not just online.
A postcard with an Amazon new product test invitation is circulating around the country. It claims to give the opportunity to test a new remote-control car.
If you examine this postcard, you'll see some red flags.
The email address has nothing to do with Amazon.
The domain name is csreviewsupport.com. The website Scam Detector says this site has a medium risk of being a scam site.
The return address on the postcard is in California.
While it does exist, it's a shoe warehouse. It shows no affiliation with Amazon.
Amazon does have a legitimate product testing program called Amazon Vine, but it's by invitation only.
Customers who consistently write insightful reviews are most likely to be invited – usually, customers who have written 100 reviews or more.
Shoppers are given the opportunity to order items for free and are not paid to participate in the program.
There are also non-official product testing sites.
These sites are not run by Amazon. You should be very careful of any website that guarantees you money for testing products.
