Email from Amazon: I received this "Hello Customer" email from (supposedly) Amazon. Sounds like a load of BS to me.

EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

I received this "Hello Customer" email from (supposedly) Amazon. Sounds like a load of BS to me.

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domcomm Loc: Denver, CO

DO NOT REPLY! That's a scam wanting your information!

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Absolutely, delete it.

pwrxprt Loc: Beaumont, California

I'd call Amazon and speak with a customer rep. I agree, this does pass the smell test to me either. Something doesn't seem right. Good luck and be sure to let us know if this was a scam or really Amazon needing to verify something.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

domcomm wrote:

DO NOT REPLY! That's a scam wanting your information!

MOST LIKELY!!!!!!!

Too bad you can't/didn't look at the email header info The last "received from" is the IP where it originated.
MOST LIKELY NOT Amazon.....

Odds are that if you mouse over the Amazon link (DON'T CLICK ON IT!!!), it will show another location other than Amazon.

leftj Loc: Texas

EdJ0307 wrote:

I received this "Hello Customer" email from (supposedly) Amazon. Sounds like a load of BS to me.

I think anyone would recognize this as a phishing email.

Sunnely Loc: Wisconsin

EdJ0307 wrote:

I received this "Hello Customer" email from (supposedly) Amazon. Sounds like a load of BS to me.

DO NOT REPLY.

Call Amazon and report this scam.

You may end up with items billed to your account but shipped to India or Russia, etc.

theoldman

If an e-mail request is to log in to your account, don't follow the link provided, it may be a link to a scam site. It is always safer to log in as you normally would, at the site front page.

Another hint. If you want to test a log in, as in the case you do decide follow a link, use a made up password. If it is accepted, you know it is a scam. And they won't have your real password.

And always check the URL at the top of the page. Be suspicious of any URL that does not start with the simple name of the company, in the case of Amazon "www.Amazon.com." Watch out for names with strange extensions like "www.Amazon.Nigeria.com." :)

Dave

leftj Loc: Texas

Sunnely wrote:

DO NOT REPLY.

Call Amazon and report this scam.

You may end up with items billed to your account but shipped to India or Russia, etc.

Don't bother reporting. These phishing emails are so prevalent that Amazon or anyone else does not have the resources to chase down. Just delete the email. That's all you have to do. Ignore all these other cockamamy suggestions.

domcomm Loc: Denver, CO

Sorry, but reporting them DOES work. I know from experience that companies do want to hear from you, and they do chase them down. In one case, the company called me the next day for more information, which they used to notify the FBI. Two days later, they called again, thanking me for helping them and the FBI catch the scammers. The info I was able to give them traced it right to a particular computer and a certain address in California. That's how they caught them.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

leftj wrote:

Don't bother reporting. These phishing emails are so prevalent that Amazon or anyone else does not have the resources to chase down. Just delete the email. That's all you have to do. Ignore all these other cockamamy suggestions.

Reporting actually DOES work, especially if you supply the header information which shows where the email ACTUALLY comes from.
I have had over a half dozen domains shut down by reporting them (probably along with other people).

leftj Loc: Texas

domcomm wrote:

Sorry, but reporting them DOES work. I know from experience that companies do want to hear from you, and they do chase them down. In one case, the company called me the next day for more information, which they used to notify the FBI. Two days later, they called again, thanking me for helping them and the FBI catch the scammers. The info I was able to give them traced it right to a particular computer and a certain address in California. That's how they caught them.

Yeah sure.

leftj Loc: Texas

Longshadow wrote:

Reporting actually DOES work, especially if you supply the header information which shows where the email ACTUALLY comes from.
I have had over a half dozen domains shut down by reporting them (probably along with other people).

It's getting deep now.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

leftj wrote:

It's getting deep now.

Ollieboy

Just lke credit card fraud. Nobody chases them.