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Real Housewives Amazon Scam

New York housewife Jill Zarin has been accused of anonymously boosting her new book on Amazon. Doree Shafrir investigates—and reveals Zarin asked her to review her book on Amazon.

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A couple weeks ago, an Amazon reviewer named Alana Chandler—the No. 1 reviewer, according to Amazon, of new books on the site—left a one-star review for Secrets of a Jewish Mother, the new book by Real Housewives of New York City cast member Jill Zarin.

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