If you receive this Amazon message, do not open it, the experts warn
This may seem good news, but it could open you serious problems.
If you are like most people, you're probablyOrder a little Amazon-Maybe even more than you would like to admit. So, whether it's an email with your shipping information or text confirming that yourThe order was deliveredYou can even have more Amazon messages than your family or friends. But the experts now warn that the opening of a type of Amazon message could be a scam that puts you at risk. Read on to know which message you should not open if you get it.
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If you receive an Amazon message on a raffle, do not open it.
This seems exciting to receive a text message telling you that you have won something like airports, through an Amazon draw, but unfortunately, these texts are not really from Amazon. According to the Best Office Office (BBB), the scampers use the logo and the company's mark inTrick customers By clicking on a link and sharing their Amazon account credentials as well as personal and financial information on a phishing website.
"Do not click," The BBB warns. "The text message does not come from Amazon and it is the most recent in a long list of impersonation scams that have occurred since the beginning of the pandemic, often uses the Amazon brand."
If you open a doubtful message, make sure to review the web address.
If you click a link in a text message or e-mail, be sure to review the subsequent Web Address before entering personal information. "Amazon legitimate websites Have a place before 'Amazon.com, "Amazon explains on its website. For example, the Amazon Pay site is simply pay.amazon.com.
According to snopes, some users have been sent to aLink with an IP address Or one with a string of numbers before the name of Amazon, that the company says it would never send. "If the link takes you to a site that is not a legitimate Amazonitarian domain, it is likely that phishing is likely," says Amazon.
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Hundreds of people reported being scammed by Amazon's impersonators.
According to the BBB, the organization has received more than 770 scam reports on the Amazon in 2020 only. In fact, it was the second largest brand or company, behind only the administration of social security. However, the BBB also affirms that similar text scams have been linked toOther popular brands like Netflix.
The BBB notes that "as a general rule, companies can not send text messages unless you have opted to receive them." So, if you have not given an authorization from an express company to contact you by the text, you should be even more careful.
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Amazon says you should report any doubtful message you receive from society.
Amazon asks you to reportAll about messages claiming to be sent from society directly to theFederal Commerce Commission (FTC). "We seriously take attempts at fraud, scam, phishing and usurpation. If you receive a correspondence, you may not think of Amazon, please report it immediately," said the company.
And it seems that they take these claims seriously: Amazon has just filed a federal prosecution on May 11 against people who have exploited aIllegal advertising scheme This has sent Fake Amazon Impregnant Text messages to different user phones, business wire reports.
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