About 2.5 to 3 months ago I started noticing accounts that advertised STL packs and other models in their thumbnails. The attached STLs were always plaques that said to check the description or the logo of some STL site. In the description they linked to a site to purchase the STL. Sometimes via a shortened URL, sometimes without. The listings all had fake reviews from other fake accounts as well.

I reported all the accounts that i found. Those that didn't get deleted within 2 weeks I reported again. I also reported all the accounts that left fake reviews. It took the mods 2 months to delete all the accounts that I reported.

Now, about a week later, a whole new cluster of fake accounts popped up. Same garbage listings, accounts leaving 5-star reviews on reach other, links to STL sites, etc.

What can be done against this? Perhaps disallowing URL shorteners (or automatically resolving them) and keeping blacklist of those scam STL shops?

I can keep reporting them but I feel it's going to be a cat and mouse game and it's also not very satisfying to spend time filing reports and explaining the issue over and over and nothing happening for 2 months.

Here's my current list of new accounts that I found with fake listings:

* [https://www.printables.com/@Zzou3d\_3497989](https://www.printables.com/@Zzou3d_3497989)
* [https://www.printables.com/@aymankayna\_3486135](https://www.printables.com/@aymankayna_3486135)
* [https://www.printables.com/@AmineLovecra\_3504123](https://www.printables.com/@AmineLovecra_3504123)
* [https://www.printables.com/@Zzou3d\_3497989](https://www.printables.com/@Zzou3d_3497989)
* [https://www.printables.com/@AmineLeza\_3488741](https://www.printables.com/@AmineLeza_3488741)
* [https://www.printables.com/@AhmedHars\_3483392](https://www.printables.com/@AhmedHars_3483392)
* [https://www.printables.com/@printHemed\_3477199](https://www.printables.com/@printHemed_3477199)
* [https://www.printables.com/@3dPrintable\_3483356](https://www.printables.com/@3dPrintable_3483356)
* [https://www.printables.com/@mark\_3480394](https://www.printables.com/@mark_3480394)

Accounts with no models but that leave fake reviews on those listings:

* [https://www.printables.com/@MOHAMEDABIDI\_3506406](https://www.printables.com/@MOHAMEDABIDI_3506406)
* [https://www.printables.com/@AndresTuran\_3504178](https://www.printables.com/@AndresTuran_3504178)
* [https://www.printables.com/@Zouuuu3d\_3485135](https://www.printables.com/@Zouuuu3d_3485135)
* [https://www.printables.com/@RimTemara\_3487638](https://www.printables.com/@RimTemara_3487638)

There are probably loads of fake reviewer accounts in "sleeper" mode that I haven't been able to find because they haven't left any reviews yet. Also, the name Amine seems to be popular among those accounts.



Many accounts with fake listings with links to external sites to purchase (allegedly stolen) models popping up on Printables