Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Messages from " Amazon "
Recently, I have started getting messages purporting to come from Amazon confirming that my orders xxxxxx which I never made have been cancelled.
Example -
Your order has been successfully canceled.
You just canceled order 32-8312-3948 placed on June 13, 2017.
Status: CANCELED
Thank you for visiting Amazon.com!
I assume that this is an attempt at a scam but are other people getting these ?
Is there any danger in just ignoring them ?
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Permalink Reply by Charlotte on
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If you are an Amazon user you would probably have used Amazon's UK site - this is from the US given the spelling and website. I think you can ignore it - if you have an amazon account you can check by login in and view your account history. Also, perhaps tell Amazon you are receiving these emails - see this link on suspicious emails https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=20148...
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Just because a scammer is illiterate doesn't necessarily mean that s/he's an American amazon.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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I've just deleted the link behind the order number above since it looked like that's what the scammers wanted to guide people towards.
I think scam emails of various sorts are just part of life these days. We just need to keep our wits about us and pass on anything that looks suspicious.
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It's a malware thing as opposed to a scam. If you clicked on the link it would download the malware code and would then your email address book to send on more messages.
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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Thanks Antoinette.
I'm not sure if I ever clicked on the link but I doubt it. I've run a full McAffee scan and it didn't detect anything so hopefully I'm clean
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You'd soon know if you had been infected as people you've not heard from in years will suddenly start coming out of the woodwork asking why you sent them a dodgy email! It happened to me last year and was quite embarrassing. I mentioned the problem to one of my network security colleagues in the lift this morning and there are apparently a least a dozen different Amazon related issues....some are phishing emails (where they try to get you to hand over bank/card details) as well as malware and scams. The golden rule, however, applies to all.....don't click on any links and don't reply to emails.
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I have had loads of these, despite my never using Amazon, as I prefer to use companies which pay taxes...BUT you can usually see from the email sender's address that it is not from an Amazon source.
If you can be bothered, a reply of FOFF normally works !
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You shouldn't reply to any message that is suspicious as you verify the account is in use which will generate more emails not reduce or eliminate them
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They are scams we keep getting ones from PayPal and tax refunds all scams asking you to tap on the link which you never do
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