Trustpilot Exposed: How a “Review Platform” Protects Scammers and Silences the Truth

Trustpilot promotes itself as the “universal symbol of trust.” In reality, it has become a playground for scammers — where fake five-star reviews thrive, while genuine warnings get silenced. Even worse, their system allows defamatory attacks on people like me to remain online, unchallenged, even when they contain dangerous lies. The RecoveryFin Example Take RecoveryFin , one of hundreds of shady “crypto recovery services” that endlessly rebrand and pump out new websites targeting desperate scam victims. Their playbook is simple: buy a fresh domain, promise to recover stolen crypto, demand large upfront payments, then vanish. When I investigated RecoveryFin.com , the domain was only a few months old. Despite that, it already had a one-star review posted on May 8, 2025 from a victim who had lost money. On August 9, 2025 , I added my own one-star review — complete with evidence and receipts — to support that person. Within hours, Trust...