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Lifeisabuffet

Mar 26 2007, 3:08 pm

I got this mail today. It's a part of a phishing scam. Amazon Phishing Scam. If you get a similar mail, do not click on the link!

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Dear Amazon® member,

We are contacting you to inform you that our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with Amazon's User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been compromised, access to your account was limited. Your account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved. To secure your account and quickly restore full access, we may require some additional information from you for the following reason: We have been notified that a card associated with your account has been reported as lost or stolen, or that there were additional problems with your card.
This process is mandatory, and if not completed within the nearest time your account or credit card may be subject for temporary suspension.
To securely confirm your Amazon information please click on the link bellow:

We encourage you to log in and perform the steps necessary to restore your account access as soon as possible. Allowing your account access to remain limited for an extended period of time may result in further limitations on the use of your account and possible account closure.

For more information about how to protect your account please visit Amazon Security Center. We apologize for any incovenience this may cause, and we apriciate your assistance in helping us to maintain the integrity of the entire Amazon system.

Thank you for using Amazon!
The Amazon Team

Privacy Notice © 1995-2007, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.

Small Town Boy

Mar 26 2007, 3:13 pm

There are hundreds of phishing scams every day. Anyone stupid enough to fall for one deserves all they get. The problem is when otherwise clever people get scammed as a result, e.g. as a result of hijacked eBay accounts.

boomtown_rat

Mar 26 2007, 3:15 pm

you say that as a clued-up and general savvy Internet user, but there are plenty of people out there who aren't that au fait with the internet and all its associated scams (e.g. some elderly users) who could fall for this sort of stuff, and don't deserve 'all they get'

Small Town Boy

Mar 26 2007, 3:21 pm

Yes they do. The email they receive is usually littered with spelling errors (due to the fact that it's been written by some Eastern European), the story is rarely credible, and the people are asked to enter their password and other information that really should be ringing alarm bells. It's more a question of common sense, in my opinion, than whether someone is "internet savvy" or not. You don't need to be a financial expert to know that you don't tell people your credit card's PIN, and the same thought process should apply online.

Malt-Teaser

Mar 26 2007, 3:32 pm

I received so many of these in the past, not Amazon, but Ebay.
I always laughed when most of them started: "Dear Costumer ..."

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