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20 Jan 17
23:22
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a midi sound system and sent the order details to my email account. there is a link i can click asking if it was from me or not which i am just going to click.
has this happened to anyone before. ? if no joy from this link i will check with the bank in the morning.
has this happened to anyone before. ? if no joy from this link i will check with the bank in the morning.
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ffs, just clicked on the help desk link and its asking for me to confirm my debit card details ( which i havent done ).
not sure what to do now only get to the bank in the morning and see if they can help. |
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Sounds scammy, fill nowt in, and ring the bank if in doubt.
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LOL wind up surely, it's a total scam!! There have been loads of warnings about emails about amazon scams in the last weeks.
Surely this is a wind up. You're not the head of clintons campaign team are you?  Bet the link isn't even on amazon itself. |
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And NEVER click on these links, it probably has an identifying ID on it which they will cross reference so the now know the owner of that (your) email address clicked on it (if you did). And it'll get sh**loads more spam.
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yes cheers saddo, ive just googled " bogus amazon orders " and it seems this is a common occurence. it looked ok to begin with untill
it went on to ask for my bank details. cheeky fookers, it was for a midi sound system £ 169 to be delivered to an address in liverpool.  |
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And also that the email address is a valid amazon one.
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Whos let Grandad on the computer again
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just checking, i cant remember the last time ibought anything from amazon but beleive me this dispatch form looked 100% genuine.
i am not the most computer savvy person but even i smelt a rat when being asked for debit card details, you may well laugh but i can see how some would get caught out. |
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Ok :)
I'm never sure with all the wise-asses on the forum if it was a wind up but thought I'd post some extra info in case :) |
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Sorry I was laughing at Mega's post.
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One final thing to warn about : if it's an html mail or website they can say its one link and you click and it's another it takes you to.
So email looks like it says http://www.mywebsite.com/yourdetails and you click but it goes to like http://www.my.website.com/yourdetails or something that kind of at a glance looks realistic. If you ever have ANY doubt, very carefully look at the link it takes you to. Or if your email allows, copy the link or preview it and don't go immediately. |
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no probs, just a bit scary its the first time i have received any shyte like this and i was just worried that my debit card details
had been compromised. gonna change my log in details with amazon as advised.  |
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@GlasgowCalling.
Hover yer mouse over the email and scrutinise the addy carefully before opening. Loads of scams ie free voucher, yer lucky day and your order has been dispatched etc etc and all from major companies. Was getting them from Argos, M&S, Sainsbury and a few others. Use the block facility and never ever open a link unles you are 100% sure of the source and contents. |
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cheers aka.
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Forward any Amazon phishing emails to the following email with a short explanation from yourself that you've recently received it.
stop-spoofing@amazon.com |
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I have had a similar email ,at least twice , just delete it , 'somebody has ordered using your id'.....oh really , what is it then ????
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GLASGOWCALLING,
I'd like to send you some sure fire winners, but don't want to tell the forum. Just PM me your e-mail address and bank details, with password, obviously, and I'll let you have them. PS don't mention this post to anybody else. |
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As has been stated already, hover cursor over the ' sent ' email address, it will show the real source( which won't be Amazon)
Just had similar, allegedly from PayPal. A quick check highlighted it was some spurious email address. Deleted. |
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The from EMAIL address isn't a good test of anything as it's so easy to fake, it's not even a hack, it's as easy as you like.
They could put a from address as a totally valid amazon address and it would take them 5 seconds to do it. It's the actual address hidden in any links that matters. |
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I recently received an email informing me that I had won £1 million on the coca cola email lottery.
Just waiting for the money to arrive in my bank account. Won't be long now |
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Any problems with Amazon forward them to Jeff@amazon.com
He's very helpful. |
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thanks to all who replied, i think i just panicked as this is the first scam i have seen, the confirmation or dispatch details from
the scammer purporting to be amazon was very real looking indeed. i deleted it as it went on to ask for my debit card details so i " could reverse the transaction. i have since changed my password for amazon. thanks. |