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guest - June 12th, 2009 3:43 PM

I am a member of Amazon.com and I get emails from Amazon every so often. I was told by a friend that someone is sending out scam email using Amazon's email address as a front. Is this true? If it is, what do I look out for to prevent from becoming a victim of the scam?[br]

guest - June 12th, 2009 4:41 PM

Unfortunately, it is true that someone has been sending emails with offers that are scams, and using Amazon as a front. There were two cases of Amazon scams recently. In these two cases, the recipients received emails, seeming to come from Amazon. But when the recipients contacted Amazon about it, they said the email was a fake. [br][br]When the recipient receives the email and they click to read it, the email opens by telling the recipient that he/she has supplied an invalid credit card, which the issuing bank will not authorize. Therefore, the purchase recently made cannot be processed. In that same email, a phoney website link is supplied, with the words, "Click here to verify your information." The email goes on to state, "If you decide to ignore our request, your account will be temporarily suspended. Verify your information placed in your Amazon.com account. Thank you for your assistance in this matter." This is the jest of it. Some emails will read differently, but the primary aim is the same: to get you hooked so you will reply to their demands. [br][br]The scammer sends this phoney email out to a list of recipients, with the idea and hope that there will be many people who have purchased something from Amazon.com. The scammer hopes the recipient will believe a mix up has occurred, and will act on it, despite the fact the word "refused" was spelled "refuzed." The scammer will think that the threat of suspension of the account will force people to respond. [br][br]Any time you receive a suspicious email like the Amazon scam email, don't fall for it, especially if the email requires you to update your credit card by email. Amazon will not do this. Contact Amazon.com by phone or better yet, go to http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/cust
omer/display.html?nodeId=15835501,
and read what you need to do when you get any email that appears to be from Amazon. [br]

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