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The free tool below runs entirely in this browser — no account, nothing stored or transmitted. Redact anything you would not want kept before you type it.
Open the companion tool →Why 'too many good reviews' is hard to act on alone
The tells are statistical, not visual: near-identical phrasing, accounts created in one window, videos that never show the product actually being used. Individually each is weak; together they are a pattern worth recording.
Written down before the purchase, the pattern becomes a document you can attach to a dispute instead of an impression you cannot send anywhere.
The protocol
- Copy the listing, the price, and the exact model or version you intend to buy.
- Record the review accounts you sampled, the dates they joined, and repeated phrases you noticed verbatim.
- Look for one review that shows the product in ordinary use — unboxing, wear, a receipt, a serial number.
- Check the seller's returns policy and whether the listing is fulfilled by the platform.
- Write your decision rule in advance: which evidentiary gap would stop the purchase.
What the tool does
Build a synthetic-review pattern record It runs locally in this browser and sends nothing.
Limit first: This tool organises provenance and context; it cannot authenticate media, identify a speaker, or prove that a clip is real or synthetic.
Open the companion tool →Cost and free path
Cost: Free: one complete run in this browser, no account. Optional $4 one-time unlock allows unlimited runs of this tool on this browser. The free path and safety guidance never require payment.
Free path, in order (no cost):
- FTC online-shopping guidance for the pattern and the report route
- The platform's review-integrity report form
- Your card issuer's dispute process, which accepts a written evidence packet
What this cannot do: It cannot decide the outcome for you.
Sources checked 2026-10-03 · source bank reviewed against the live pages listed in metadata.
One human next step
If a purchase goes wrong and the reviews look coordinated, file a complaint with the FTC and the platform, and dispute with your card issuer using the listing, receipt, and review record as attachments.
Research log and safety checks
AI-assist path: not used for a verdict. This builder organises the reader's own documents and names an independent source; it does not infer authenticity, eligibility, or legal rights. §6.9/§6.10/§6.11 disclosed in the batch report; §6.12 status line carried in metadata as `status_line`.
§0.5 protection result: category is deepfake-media-verification; crisis-adjacent: no; fear/urgency/scarcity toolkit used: no. The protective function is free and the paid feature is convenience only.