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Amazon Scam Today

LadyAlice — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 19:31:01 GMT

There is a call that comes up from Amazon at an 888 area code that claims someone ordered on your account from Dayton, Ohio. This is a scam!!

Re: Amazon Scam Today

Nightowlz — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 19:33:54 GMT

I was wondering what all the scammers were up to.

My phone has not been ringing off the wall all day. LOL!!!

I don't answer my phone if I don't recognize the number.

Re: Amazon Scam Today

Witchy Woman — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 19:36:09 GMT

@LadyAlice

Thanks for the tip...I also got a bogus email purporting to be PayPal....with an attachment. Sure.

@Nightowlz

I've noted a definite decrease in calls. Normally get at least 6 or more a day, now just one or two.

I think most of them are computer generated, so not sure why the decrease.

Re: Amazon Scam Today

SandySparkles — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 19:37:09 GMT

Thanks for the warning!😊

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

Re: Amazon Scam Today

Valstybaby — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 22:42:18 GMT

@LadyAlice wrote:
There is a call that comes up from Amazon at an 888 area code that claims someone ordered on your account from Dayton, Ohio. This is a scam!!

No calls but I've been getting tons of emails from Amazon which are scams.

Re: Amazon Scam Today

Jordan2 — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 23:41:00 GMT

You would think the scammers would be busier then ever, more people are home to answer their calls!

Re: Amazon Scam Today

Flady1 — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 02:20:31 GMT

I've learned not to open any links in emails or texts, even from friend and family. If it's from friends or family, I check with them first, and only open if they confirm that they sent it. I also don't open any links in emails. Instead I go directly to whatever account it is, provided that I have one with the organization that's listed in the emails. Of course if I don't I toss it into junk/spam mail. And, any phones calls that I get saying that they're going to sue me, want me to call back, it's the IRS, the police, etc. I block that number and delete the call!!!! Please be safe!!!

Re: Amazon Scam Today

Tricolor — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:55:34 GMT

My CC was hacked a few days ago. The scammers are working overtime.

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isaboo — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 17:17:35 GMT

I have been getting e-mails from "Amazon" telling me that I need to update my account. I was about to do that but thought it odd that they were asking for my SS # so I did not continue. I spoke with Amazon and was told my account info was fne I received another notice yesterday and they told me that they would be shutting my account down if I did not update immed.

Getting those types of notices is concerning.

Re: Amazon Scam Today

Calgal2too — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:53:59 GMT

It’s easy, actually. Don’t answer the phone if you don’t recognize the number, and don’t click on the link in an email or a text. No reputable company is going to threaten you over email or text.

Re: Amazon Scam Today

icezeus — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 19:11:04 GMT

@isaboo wrote:
I have been getting e-mails from "Amazon" telling me that I need to update my account. I was about to do that but thought it odd that they were asking for my SS # so I did not continue. I spoke with Amazon and was told my account info was fne I received another notice yesterday and they told me that they would be shutting my account down if I did not update immed.

Getting those types of notices is concerning.

@isaboo
Good job no company that you are legitimately doing business with would ever contact you via e-mail asking for personal information nor will they call you asking for things such as your SS#. Always, be safe and when in doubt contact the company directly as you did, via a number that you have obtained from their website, not one that a potential scamer may provide you with.

Re: Amazon Scam Today

hookedonq — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 07:02:54 GMT

Me, too! I have been receiving emails telling me my AmazonPrime membership needs a credit card update. (I don't have Prime, FYI). I forward them to Amazon't phishing department but it's like whack-a-mole...one goes down and another pops up.I feel badly for elderly or anyone who gets hoodwinked into thinking they are actually updating their account info...they use Amazon logo so it looks legit. What a world.

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Jtdmum — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 09:43:14 GMT

@Witchy Woman I received the PayPal email. It never surprises me- The scum out there get scummier when things get bad.

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shopperqvc — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 10:13:46 GMT

@Calgal2too It's not easy to ignore the phone calls when spoofing is allowed. I have gotten calls where the Caller ID said that the call was coming from a local hospital. Since I do business with them I did answer.

A lady that sounded foreign said I needed insurance. I asked her if she was from the hospital, and of course her answer was yes.

I then told her that if she really was a worker in the hospital she would know I have insurance because I had watched them scan my insurance card into their computer system. I then told her I hoped she gets caught and sent to prison. While she was trying to find something to say, I hung up on her.

The fact is that the scammers are learning we don't pick up if the name or number isn't familiar to us and they use that spoofing app to try to fool us by making it look like the call is from a person or business we know.

The one that called me yesterday about Medicare could hardly speak English, he had a hard time pronouncing Medicare. And I have had a couple of robocalls that sound like elderly people trying to read the things they are supposed to say off of a script. I think those are the ones that bother me the most. Are those seniors needing money that badly they have accepted trying to scam other seniors? Did someone they trust put them up to it. No, I don't feel sorry enough for them to give out my information, and I think that's what we are expected to do. But, I do wonder if they themselves need help.