"Please Update Your Amazon Account" Phishing Scam
How to tell if it's really an e-mail from Amazon.com
How to tell fake Amazon.com e-mail from real Amazon.com e-mail
If you receive an e-mail from Amazon.com, and it asks you to click a link to a Web site that requests a user name or e-mail address and password, it is a scam. Report the e-mail to AOL by clicking the Report Spam icon on the message.
1. Check the e-mail carefully for misspellings, requests for information that Amazon already has, such as your username, password or credit card number, and other suspicious signs that the e-mail could be a scam. Check out Amazon.com's help page for its users on how to identify a spoof e-mail.
2. Amazon.com does not ask users to verify or confirm their account information by clicking on a link from an e-mail.
3. Phishers often forge e-mail to make it look like it came from Amazon.com. Check the e-mail's return address. If the e-mail "from" address contains the name of another Internet service provider, it is a fraudulent e-mail.
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4. Check whether the hyperlink in a suspicious e-mail message is fake by hovering your mouse over the link. The actual Web site where it points to will be shown in the status bar at the bottom of your browser window or as a pop-up. If the Web address does not begin with "www.amazon.com" then the e-mail is probably fraudulent.
What to do if you believe you've received an Amazon.com phishing scam: -- Do not click on links in the e-mail. -- Visit the legitimate site, in this case www.amazon.com. -- Click Report Spam to report the mail to AOL. For more information, see How to Avoid Phishing Scams. |
