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Amazon Fraud Alert

LadyAlice — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:28:29 GMT

Fraud Alert - A call from an 888 area codeis a fraud call, not Amazon reporting suspicious activity that someone is trying to buy an IPhone. I recently became a victim of credit card fraud so I was scared even though though my card was canceled and the charges taken off my statement. I am recovering from same day surgery and didn’t need this scare. Take care community❤️🙏

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LadyAlice — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:29:15 GMT

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Love my grandkids — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:35:12 GMT

These scams, in one form or another, have been around for years.

The most common one is some bogus call from someone reporting "suspicious activity"

I recently answered my cell w/out looking at caller I.D. and got a recording stating they were from Apple and reporting "suspicious acitvity."

Hilarious as neither I nor anyone in my family has any Apple devices.

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QVCkitty1 — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:42:35 GMT

I recently got several emails that claimed to be from Vince Camuto saying I could be in legal trouble . They made no sense, and I knew they were bogus, a couple of days later I got an email from the real Vince Camuto, saying it was a phishing scam and not to respond. Duh.

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Annabellethecat66 — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:48:27 GMT

@LadyAlice I'm so sorry you had to put up with something like that.

A few months ago I thought similar had happened to me, so I canceled out the card and got a new one, but I figured out that initially what I was told the price would be was different posted because the tax wasn't added on initially.

My heart goes out to you that you had to spend your energy dealing with this instead of being able to fully put all of your energy in healing your body.

I hope you are feeling better. I guess we all have to think there are more honest people in this world than those who steal and cheat others.

My mother had a saying, "What goes around comes around". I always took it to mean (similar) "People who cheat others will get cheated on. You can't go through life cheating others that sooner or later you will become cheated on".

Thinking of you...hoping you feel better...Annnabellethecat.

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Patriot3 — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:48:27 GMT

I simply do not answer if I do not know the caller ID. Sometimes even if I do i.e. when I know the call is political. If it goes to voice mail I can delete it from there. Very seldom does that happen if you don't answer.

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JCath — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:52:59 GMT

I got a fake email from "Amazon" which didn't look like other emails confirming orders, so I deleted it without opening it. I also got a fake phone call this week about a charge for $100 on my Prime account. Unfortunately for the scammers, I don't have a Prime account. The caller said he would "cancel the order". I notified Amazon but also cancelled my VISA account and will get a new account/card.

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myvoice — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:55:01 GMT

@QVCkitty1 wrote:
I recently got several emails that claimed to be from Vince Camuto saying I could be in legal trouble . They made no sense, and I knew they were bogus, a couple of days later I got an email from the real Vince Camuto, saying it was a phishing scam and not to respond. Duh.

@QVCkitty1 Vince Camuto is one of my favorite designers and would be thrilled to receive an email from him. How did the real Vince know who all the people were that got contacted bogusly? Are you saying that both were bogus because that makes more sense to me, although I love him so, I have a lot of his clothing, purses and shoes.

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bmorechick — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 01:02:05 GMT

My Amazon account was hacked about a year ago and it took me seven months to settle it with Amazon because they kept insisting that I pay for the fraudulent charges. They had me locked out the entire time. It was ridiculous. It wasn’t until I started a chain of emails that it was resolved within about 10 days. Phone calls fell on deaf ears. I closed the account, and when I went to close it out I noticed that there was a delivery address added on the account to a town in Germany...no doubt the hacker. Done with amazon because of the lack of customer support or service.

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shoekitty — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 01:04:09 GMT

If vince camuto called anyone that would be from beyond the grave. Didnt he die like 4-5 years ago.??

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furbabylover — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 01:20:16 GMT

So sorry this happened to you. Its really a sad state of affairs when we have to worry all the time about being scammed by our fellow humans. Maybe one day morality will be popular again.

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Scooty — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 01:20:47 GMT

I got the same message on my answering machine that someone was trying to buy an I-phone on my account. I checked on line and then contacted Amazon but apparently it was a fraudulent call from an 888 number.

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myvoice — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 01:25:54 GMT

@shoekitty wrote:
If vince camuto called anyone that would be from beyond the grave. Didnt he die like 4-5 years ago.??

@shoekitty you are right. I looked it up and he's been gone since 2015.

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shoekitty — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 01:27:43 GMT

I have to admit so many scams have been coming through lately. What do they think we are idiots? lol i guess. But most all of us prove that wrong. We all can smell that stuff a mile away. . How many missionaries, princes' can their be needing help andmoney? And lottery winners wanting to share hteir bounty with strangers, for a fee.

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shoekitty — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 01:45:00 GMT

@myvoice wrote:
@shoekitty wrote:
If vince camuto called anyone that would be from beyond the grave. Didnt he die like 4-5 years ago.??
@shoekitty you are right. I looked it up and he's been gone since 2015.

Shoekitty said, i love his skirts and shoes and some handbags. Who ever is designing for him now sure is keeping to his legend. I lovehim. If i look in labels i must have 4 or fiveof his skirts among other things hae kept over te years.

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nana59 — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 01:49:22 GMT

@shoekitty wrote:
If vince camuto called anyone that would be from beyond the grave. Didnt he die like 4-5 years ago.??

that's exactly what i thought!

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QVCkitty1 — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 01:55:02 GMT

@myvoice wrote:
@QVCkitty1 wrote:
I recently got several emails that claimed to be from Vince Camuto saying I could be in legal trouble . They made no sense, and I knew they were bogus, a couple of days later I got an email from the real Vince Camuto, saying it was a phishing scam and not to respond. Duh.

@QVCkitty1 Vince Camuto is one of my favorite designers and would be thrilled to receive an email from him. How did the real Vince know who all the people were that got contacted bogusly? Are you saying that both were bogus because that makes more sense to me, although I love him so, I have a lot of his clothing, purses and shoes.

@myvoice , According to the the email allegedly from the actual Vince Camuto, they discovered this hoax, probably because customers reported it. I don't click on any of these emails, and if they seem sort of legit I check with the company. It is always a scam.

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shoesnbags — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 02:16:30 GMT

@shoekitty wrote:
If vince camuto called anyone that would be from beyond the grave. Didnt he die like 4-5 years ago.??

Yes, he died in 2015.

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ECBG — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 02:19:59 GMT

@LadyAlice Thank you for posting. Hope you feel well soon.

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LadyAlice — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 02:53:33 GMT

Thank you all for your replies and well wishes. Take care. LadyAlice