When leaving +ve trust, these people are commenting that they used the service and mentioning an arbitrary amount in 'Risked BTC amount'. But, as expected, they are not mentioning anything under 'Reference', because they never used their service in the first place. Now, you can't argue, because you don't have any proof either. So, what to do in such cases? Burden of proof relies on whom?
I'm not sure nepotism is the right word here. Nepotism is giving your friends or family jobs or special privileges. What you're describing sounds more like corruption, especially if someone is just giving positive feedback for nothing but a payment and no actual service was ever given in return. That would be dodgy/scummy behaviour. However, are you sure this is actually going on? Just because there's no reference on the feedback doesn't mean no deal went on and this would be very easy to find out. If you've got concerns about people and specific trades then either ask for proof or open a thread in Reputation. If they did a deal then they will likely have plenty of evidence of that. If they don't then something dodgy is probably going on.
