Further to the PayPal email scam reblog HERE, my friend and Professional Editor Susan Uttendorfsky alerted me of the following email scam purporting to be from Amazon:
Beware of Amazon scams, too! I just received this today, and it’s a new one. I logged into Amazon from my bookmark and found no such issue:
Dear Amazon Customer,
For the safety and security of our network, we often review accounts for potential risks.
After reviewing your amazon account, we have decided to close it because of security issues.
We need more informations about your account to verify your identity.
Please follow the steps below to verify your identity :
Account Verification
As soon as our security team have completed reviewing the information that you have provided, your account will be activated
Please do understand that this is a security measure intended to protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience,
Benjamin Ray,
Amazon Security Team,
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
Thanks, Chris, for this warning. —- Suzanne
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Welcome Suzanne 🐵
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Thanks for this warning but if this happens what is the best tactic to take? Not respond?Contact Amazon and ask them what they propose to do about these scammers? These scammers need to know that their efforts are not only going to be ineffective but that there are (hopefully) legal and financial consequences for them. .
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I don’t know the answer to that, Carol. I know PayPal goes after scammers vigorously but I don’t know if Amazon does, too. If anyone can come up with an Amazon email address to forward these things to, please list it!
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Here’s Amazon advice Susan: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=15835501
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Oh, that Amazon link further down contains the email address to send scams to: Please send the e-mail as an attachment to stop-spoofing@amazon.com.
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I usually just divert spam into the spam folder for the AV to register Carol – But before you do, read the amazon advice on http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=15835501 given by Author Susan Toy.
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It’s scary that this doesn’t have (at least on quick reading) a lot of glaring errors in the use of English. As scammers become more sophisticated, they become harder to detect.
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Indeed Margaret.
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Reblogged this on EvaJordanWriter.com and commented:
Scam alert! Please read.
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Thanks Eva.
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About Identifying Whether an E-mail is from Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=15835501
(Thanks to Connie Flanagan for posting this link on Facebook.)
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Great – Awareness is key Susan 🐵
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And thanks for the link to Amazon’s advice 👍
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Thanks so much for the heads up! I hate to think I would have fallen for it. 😦 On high alert now.
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Welcome Diana 🐵
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Reblogged this on Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life and commented:
The Story Reading Ape and Susan Uttendorfsky – Amazon Scam.. by email and you need to read and note so that you do not fall into the trap of giving your information to these parasites.
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Many thanks for helping spread awareness Sally…
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This is scary because it looks so real – thanks for the warning Chris.
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Welcome Dianne 🐵
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This seems to be a fast and furious season for scams, not only online but also by phone. Thanks for the heads up.
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