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While I don't know how their rating system or detection works, I imagine it would be harder than just posting spammy positive reviews. They would have to have solid evidence that you're doing it to your own app, or paying someone to do it on your behalf.

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Genuinely curious: what are some heuristics that could be used to distinguish between fraudulent reviews paid for by the developer and those paid for by a malicious third party?

Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems practically impossible to distinguish between the two unless there was a royal screw up somewhere along the line.

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I hope that's the case... It would make sense, since this doesn't appear to be an action Apple has taken on a regular basis.

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