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FakeScan – Free AI fake review detector (Fakespot alternative)

FakeScan – Free AI fake review detector (Fakespot alternative)

by crawde·Mar 3, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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After Fakespot was acquired by Mozilla and then shut down, I wanted a simple tool to check if Amazon product reviews are genuine. So I built FakeScan.

Paste any Amazon product URL → AI analyzes the reviews for suspicious patterns (review clustering, generic language, incentivized reviews, timing anomalies) → gives you a trust score 0-100 with specific red flags.

Tech stack: Next.js, Groq API (Llama 3.3 70B for analysis). No login, no data collection, completely free.

Would appreciate any feedback on the detection algorithm or UX.

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