Amazon New Product Test Invitation

thriftytracey

Hi

I have had a card through the post, addressed to me, from Amazon inviting me to be a Product Tester, to receive one free item to test and a a certain amount commission (Commission amount depends on the item's price up to £40).

I am retired so have time to do this.  I am not expecting to make money from this but I wondered if anyone was a Product Tester and what their opinion and experience was of this, so I can decide whether or not to sign up.

Many thanks.

daviesr1

I would be very suspicious of this, anyone can send a card through the post. Be very sure you're dealing with Amazon before engaging.

FlorayG

As above, be absolutely sure it's genuine before you respond
I have a friend who  has done this for years and has fun, she posts online reviews and gets to keep everything they send her to test

thriftytracey

I googled the email address and it does look suspicious.  Yet I have found there is a genuine Amazon Product Test Invitation.  This is what it looks like:-

Cefalu24

thriftytracey said:

I googled the email address and it does look suspicious.  Yet I have found there is a genuine Amazon Product Test Invitation.  This is what it looks like:-

This looks dodgy to me 

dave2319

Indeed, Cefalu. I looked into it and found a number of sites confirming it's a scam, including this one, where it says:

Police have warned people to be vigilant. They said: "We have contacted Amazon, who have confirmed that they did not send the letters, hence we believe it is a scam."

There's also a longer article about it here on the Express website.

CliveOfIndia

thriftytracey said:

I googled the email address and it does look suspicious.  Yet I have found there is a genuine Amazon Product Test Invitation.  This is what it looks like:-

What makes you think that's a genuine communication from Amazon?  Yes, the logo looks correct, but any schoolboy can copy and paste a logo.  It's the email address that raises the most red flags - does that look in any way like a genuine Amazon address ?

libra10

I was asked to become an Amazon Vine reviewer.  The request was received by email, and you could test and review various products.
Although I checked the site occasionally, there were few products available for me to test, and I am no longer a Vine reviewer.  Am assuming that you would have received an email from Amazon regarding their Vine membership, rather than a card through the post.

thriftytracey

Have now binned it!

I am usually quite scam savvy but it almost convinced me ...

Also, the wording "We sincerely invite you to join our test club"  not really Amazon speak.