Amazon Files Lawsuit to Combat
Illegal Advertising Schemes.
Amazon has filed a new lawsuit in an effort
to unmask 50 unidentified scammers. .
The e-commerce giant will attempt to
identify and stop scammers who are using
Amazon’s logos, web design and likeness.
The scam in question involves posing as
Amazon to trick people into buying products
that are not actually from Amazon.
They’re acting as “referrers” for other
companies' products, meaning they collect a
“finder’s fee” in the form of commissions. .
The Better Business Bureau received a whopping
771 reports in 2020 of Amazon-impersonation scams. .
That’s second only to scam calls claiming
to be the Social Security Administration.
Amazon filed a similar John Doe lawsuit in 2018
in which it tracked down four defendants. .
The company has won at least $1.5 million in
settlements from that lawsuit so far, with each case
ending with a permanent injunction.