Just received this email !

by preets

Posted: 11 years ago 16 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

Hi Warriors ,

I just received this email and I am not sure why I received this mail. I have not purchased anything from Amazon . Can anyone explain me the motive of this email.
[ Email screen shot attached here]

Thanks

Preeti

#email #received

asepkomara 11 years ago

Be careful. Maybe someone used your email and personal information to purchase it from amazon.
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- ClaireVWalker 11 years ago
  
  Or maybe it's some kind of phishing scam?
  
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BurtL 11 years ago

They might be trying get you to log in to their site to get your amazon credentials.
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- Myles Sinclair 11 years ago
  
  It is almost certainly a phishing scam, as Claire mentioned.
  
  A good way to check is to hover your cursor over the links, and look at the bottom left of your screen. It will show you where the links actually go. Some of the links maybe genuine, but with a phishing scam the one they want you to click on won't be. You'll see the url has nothing to do with Amazon or Paypal or whatever account they're trying to access
  
  It's good practice where account information is involved to not click on any links in an email. Just visit the site through your browser and then login.
  
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A S M 11 years ago

Looks like someone is trying to steal your info. Don't open anything and check with your bank to be sure their is no pending payments or any money gone from you account.
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G0nzalez Banned 11 years ago

It looks like a scam.
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DamonK 11 years ago

Yeah it looks like some kind of phishing scam, I get lots of those annoying emails!
You can usually tell from looking at the from address.

Did you contact Amazon to find out?
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rosetrees 11 years ago

If you point your mouse at one of the links in the email, you should be able to see the link displayed at the bottom left of your screen.

If you can't, right click on one of the links, copy it and paste it into notepad document.

You will almost certainly see that the link doesn't go to Amazon.

To be certain, log-in to your Amazon account and look to see if the claimed purchase has actually been made on your account. It's unlikely, but if it has, contact Amazon.
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smodha 11 years ago

To quote a famous phrase "If there's doubt there is no doubt..."

Sounds like a phishing scam to me. If you're using Hotmail/Outlook.com then report it to MS and delete the email.
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- glennshep 11 years ago
  
  I agree with all the good advice given above.
  
  Just to add a bit more advice, do make sure that you report it to Amazon. Whether someone has used your details or whether it's just a phishing scam and your account hasn't been compromised, Amazon still need to know, at the very least so that they investigate it and hopefully stop the person in question.
  
  There will always be people who attempt phishing but each case that's reported can be helpful. And, of course, if it turns out to be a case of outright fraud and you find that your details have been used, then you absolutely need to inform Amazon ASAP.
  
  I hope you get to the bottom of it and that all turns out okay
  
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Mark Singletary 11 years ago

I received several of these today. All scams.

Mark
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yanl 11 years ago

Check your credit card and/or amazon account order history just to make sure nothing funds has been take. (do not login using links in the email)
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Reinhart Osmond 11 years ago

I think it's a scam!
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- celente 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Reinhart Osmond
  
  I think it's a scam!
  
  yup big time. Look out!
  
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preets 11 years ago

Thanks for all valuable information , I checked the link by hover my mouse pointer and it points to some other website , not Amazon. I also checked my Amazon account and there was no transaction. This is definitely a scam mail. Now I am wondering why someone doing it , I think this also required lots of work , research to send these mails? Am I right?

BTW , I am forwarding this mail to Amazon to investigate .

Thanks again

Preeti
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preets 11 years ago

I just found this info on Amazon ,when I try to report the matter :
Kevin G. - Community Manager says:http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=cm_rn_bdg_help?ie=UTF8&nodeId=14279681&pop-up=1#AO
You may sometimes receive a scam e-mail from someone pretending to be Amazon. This message is called a "phishing" e-mail. Often the e-mail contains links to a website that looks like Amazon.com but isn't controlled by us. We take your security and privacy very seriously.

If you received an e-mail regarding the cancellation of an order you don't recognize, please check Your Orders (http://www.amazon.com/your-orders) in Your Account. If you can't find a matching order, the e-mail you received wasn't from Amazon.com. We recommend that you delete the e-mail. There's no need to report it to us.

If you have further questions, we also encourage you to review the first post in a discussion started by Help Forum Pro MamaBear007 which contains other helpful information:
Amazon.com General Help Forum
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