StarSkew: Fake Review Checker for Amazon

StarSkew is a fake review checker for Amazon. It adds a small risk badge next to the star rating on Amazon product pages. The badge summarizes patterns in a product's review metadata that are statistically associated with review manipulation: • Suspiciously high ratings: a 4.8+ average across hundreds of reviews, or a perfect 5.0 across 50+ reviews. • Review velocity spikes: review counts growing implausibly fast (tracked across anonymous users of the extension). • Skewed rating distributions: more than 80% five-star with almost no one- or two-star reviews, a shape genuine review populations rarely produce. BADGE STATES • Green — Looks Genuine: no strong suspicious patterns detected. • Yellow — Mixed Signals: one suspicious pattern detected. • Red — Unusual Patterns: several suspicious patterns at once. • Grey — Not enough reviews: fewer than 20 reviews, so no judgment is possible. Click the extension icon for a detailed explanation of each verdict. Every threshold is published at https://starskew.com/signals WHAT STARSKEW CAN AND CANNOT DETECT (honest disclosure) StarSkew analyzes review metadata only: the average rating, the review count and its growth, and the star distribution. It does NOT read review text, so it cannot detect AI-generated or copy-pasted reviews, reviewer-account farming, hijacked listings, or incentivized reviews that build an organic-looking distribution over time. A green badge is not a guarantee that reviews are genuine — it means none of our signals fired. A red badge is not proof of fraud — it means the review pattern is statistically unusual. Always use your own judgment. PRIVACY No account needed. No browsing history collected. No cookies, no analytics, no ads. StarSkew reads only the rating block on Amazon product pages, and data is never sold or shared. Full policy: https://starskew.com/privacy SUPPORTED SITES Amazon in the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Japan, Australia and India — desktop and mobile layouts. StarSkew is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Amazon.