Purchased GooglePlay reviews - localisation

steveab said:

If anyone can use vpn for doing fake reviews then reviews will drop definitely. They need to use different ips and devices for every account.

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TheBiggie said:

If I am buying hundreds a week from one freelancer, it's probably not possible due to requirement of insane amount of devices and ip's (even tho they are digital), right?

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steveab said:

exactly… a single person can’t handle thousands of reviews manually by this way

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Samuelgrowth said:

This is a very common issue. Google does not rely on IP addresses alone to determine a device's location; they also check the Google Play account's registered country, the device's default language/timezone, and even the SIM card carrier data.
If your freelancer is just turning on a cheap commercial VPN using their personal phone with a local SIM card and a local Google account, Google will easily bypass the VPN and register the review under India/Pakistan. To fix this, they need to use aged accounts specifically registered in the US, use high-quality US residential proxies (not commercial VPNs), and ideally remove their physical SIM cards or spoof their GPS location to match the proxy.

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Samuelgrowth said:

This is a very common issue. Google does not rely on IP addresses alone to determine a device's location; they also check the Google Play account's registered country, the device's default language/timezone, and even the SIM card carrier data.
If your freelancer is just turning on a cheap commercial VPN using their personal phone with a local SIM card and a local Google account, Google will easily bypass the VPN and register the review under India/Pakistan. To fix this, they need to use aged accounts specifically registered in the US, use high-quality US residential proxies (not commercial VPNs), and ideally remove their physical SIM cards or spoof their GPS location to match the proxy.

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medialounge said:

This is the best answer to the questions
As Google goes as far as checking If that device ever went close to the business too

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Samuelgrowth said:

This is a very common issue. Google does not rely on IP addresses alone to determine a device's location; they also check the Google Play account's registered country, the device's default language/timezone, and even the SIM card carrier data.
If your freelancer is just turning on a cheap commercial VPN using their personal phone with a local SIM card and a local Google account, Google will easily bypass the VPN and register the review under India/Pakistan. To fix this, they need to use aged accounts specifically registered in the US, use high-quality US residential proxies (not commercial VPNs), and ideally remove their physical SIM cards or spoof their GPS location to match the proxy.

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