BBB Warns of Amazon.com Scam
The Better Business Bureau warns consumers of a potential phishing scam being conducted by someone sending out e-mails purporting to be from online retailer Amazon.com. The fraudulent e-mails appear to be from Amazon.com and say “thanks for your order.” The e-mail contains an order number, total price and a link to view the order.
A consumer who received one of the e-mails contacted Amazon.com and was told that the company has received calls from other consumers who have received similar e-mails. The BBB said the e-mail likely was sent out in an attempt to get consumers to enter personal information that could be used to steal identities or credit card information.
Amazon.com asks anyone who receives one of the fraudulent e-mails to forward it to stop-spoofing@amazon.com. For legitimate online purchases, Amazon.com will not ask for social security numbers or tax identification numbers, credit card or debit card pin numbers, passwords or password clues. The company also does not ask consumers to verify or confirm Amazon.com account information by clicking on an e-mail link, and it does not send order confirmations or other unsolicited requests with attachments. Grammatical and typographical errors also are an indication that an e-mail might not be legitimate, and Amazon does not use Web addresses such as http://security-amazon.com, or an Internet Protocol address followed by directories such as http://123.456.789.123/amazon.com.