Amazon Shoppers Warned Against Fake Emails

Capital Region Amazon Shoppers beware of fake emails claiming to be from Amazon!

I hate being the bearer of bad news, but if you are an Amazon shopper, you may be susceptible to an email scam where scammers will access your financial information.

In this scam, you receive an email telling you that your latest Amazon package has not shipped.   It goes on to say there was a problem processing the order and directs you to enter personal or financial information.  The link in the email will take you to a website that looks like its Amazon, but it’s not.

Amazon released this information for customers that do receive emails regarding their orders.

Emails that did not really come from Amazon often include these suspicious elements:

• An order confirmation for an item you didn’t purchase or an attachment to an order confirmation.

• Requests for your Amazon username and/or password, or other personal information.

• Requests to update your payment information.

• Links to websites that look like Amazon.

• Attachments or prompts to install software on your computer.

• Typos or grammatical errors

• If the “from” line of the email is something other than @amazon.com, it’s a fake.