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I should probably preface by saying that I haven't been on 

much recently, but I still do get notifications... 

... and I've run into a strange situation recently where I keep getting the 

 request over and over again under different accounts. 

The request is always the same:
 
The "buyer" asks me to review their Android games on the Amazon Appstore for some amount of compensation, and they say they will cover the cost upfront.
 



 
My question is, does anyone know anything about this? 

 my question is: how does the scam work? My current theories are that: 

Scammer makes an excuse after some amount of time into the process that they can't cover the cost at the front end, and try to convince you to do it at the back end... at which point, seller gets ghosted and has downloaded 10 paid apps. 

-to-avoid in-app microtransactions 📱 that they use to generate enough revenue to offset any costs of covering the app downloads at the front end.

way to increase their SEO ranking 📈 on Amazon, but something tells me that dropping 59.90 for ten games PER each person they're soliciting 

, and I've got a feeling there must be some other angle...


 
Does anyone know the specifics of how this (probable) scam works? Legitimately curious.
 


(Note: I've received these kinds of messages, like... three times so far. I managed to find two of the messages in my inbox, where I've blurred out the usernames below.)

Is this a scam? (Buyer requests about "Amazon Appstore")

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