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.

OzzyKin

These are still doing the rounds, check the email address on something like "whois.com". I doubt Amazon are using Alibaba in China to send these out !