Tis the season to watch for fraud

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Tis the season to watch for fraud Dec 1, 2019 1:30:12 GMT pontiac1940 likes this

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Post by Peterj on Dec 1, 2019 1:30:12 GMT

Beware of fraudulent emails. I am a frequent Amazon shopper so it didn't surprise me that I had received and email from them. Only this wasn't from them, I reported this to Amazon ... below is their response

Thank you for writing to Amazon.com to bring this to our attention.

Your message has been forwarded to our security department, and we will investigate the situation. Please note that you may not receive a personal response.

In all likelihood, the message you received was not sent to you by Amazon.com. We strongly advise that you *not* send any information about yourself back to this individual (especially your credit card number or any personal information).

If you have already submitted any personal information to this person via e-mail or on a potentially fraudulent web site, you may wish to contact Customer Service for assistance. To send an e-mail to Customer Service, please visit www.amazon.com/contact-us

In the future, if you are ever uncertain of the validity of an e-mail, even from us, don't click on any supplied links--instead, type our web site address "https://www.amazon.com" directly into your browser and follow the regular links to Your Account. Many unscrupulous spoofers mislead consumers by displaying one URL while taking the visitor to another.

By typing in a well-known address you can avoid this trick.

Also, please be assured that Amazon.com is not in the business of selling customer information. Many spammers and spoofers use programs that randomly generate e-mail addresses, in the hope that some percentage of these randomly-generated addresses will actually exist.

If you are trying to contact us about something other than a spoofed e-mail message, please contact Customer Service for assistance. To send an e-mail to Customer Service, please visit www.amazon.com/contact-us/

If you encounter any other uses of the Amazon.com name that you think may be fraudulent, please do not hesitate to contact us again.

Thank you again for taking the time to notify us of this situation.

Sincerely,
Amazon.com
www.amazon.com/

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Tis the season to watch for fraud Dec 1, 2019 10:29:33 GMT Peterj likes this

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Post by cats4jan on Dec 1, 2019 10:29:33 GMT

Sad that it’s come down to this. I never click on any link — NEVER. If something looks interesting or needs investigating, I contact the site from their home base.

Same goes for phone calls. I let all phone calls go to voice mail. If it’s important, they will leave a message. If they leave a message and I do not know them, I do not return the call. Been doing this for years and for some odd reason (read sarcasm here) I have never missed anything important.

On my cell phone, I block all numbers that do not leave messages. It’s probably futile, but I get satisfaction in being in control - as much control as we have over these evil doers.

Please run any concerns you have past another person. If you ask a neighbor or family member their opinion, you will soon find out that all these calls and emails are fake and others have been getting the same contacts.

And by the way, the government does not want to be paid in iTunes cards. No one but iTunes wants to be paid in iTunes cards. I can’t believe anyone would fall for this, but I personally know someone who did. Did she run this past her husband or friends for a second opinion? Nope

Last Edit: Dec 1, 2019 12:26:29 GMT by cats4jan

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Tis the season to watch for fraud Dec 7, 2019 22:19:38 GMT Peterj likes this

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Post by whippet on Dec 7, 2019 22:19:38 GMT

A lot of people in the UK are getting phone calls, reputedly from Amazon.
A friend has had several - and she doesn't even have an account with Amazon. . . she gets me to order things for her.

These people are getting even more devious now.
A programme on TV last week, was about spammers, hackers, etc.

A lady got a call, something about bank fraud. She wouldn't give him her details, so was told to dial 999 (our emergency number), and ask for Inspector . . .

She did that, and ended up losing her life savings.
They had done something to her phone line, so that as soon as she dialed 999, she was connected back to these people.

I am like Janice. It is an evil world we live in now.

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kdcintx Senior Contributor Posts: 1,618 Open to constructive criticism of photos: Yes	Tis the season to watch for fraud Dec 8, 2019 4:05:10 GMT Peterj likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kdcintx on Dec 8, 2019 4:05:10 GMT Thanks Peter for bringing this to our attention and providing Amazon's response. Several months ago, I got a similar message as a pop-up.

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