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If you have any doubts about your account or about an order, call Amazon directly to verify the information, instead of engaging with the scam call or text. Amazon has a form where you can report ...
Another type of email scam involves notifying you of a problem with your Amazon account or payment method. The sender may ask you to call a phone number or click a link inside the email to fix the ...
• Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.
Here an example of an Amazon impersonation scam recorded by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC): Impersonation scams are one of the most popular types of scams out there and were second only to ...
A package redirection scam is a form of e-commerce fraud, where a malicious actor manipulates a shipping label, to trick the mail carrier into delivering the package to the wrong address. This is usually done through product returns to make the merchant believe that they mishandled the return package, and thus provide a refund without the item ...
Clothing scam companies are companies or gangs that purport to be collecting used good clothes for charities or to be working for charitable causes, when they are in fact working for themselves, selling the clothes overseas and giving little if anything to charitable causes. [1] They are a particular problem in the United Kingdom, where they ...
Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...
This scam starts with a text message or voicemail saying you need to take action to receive your package. A fake tracking link may be included for you to click to update delivery time or payment ...