Amazon Prime Scam, Warning.....

[trt]

I know a lot of you are aware of on-line scams, but this is for those who are not.

I joined Amazon prime last week, as I purchase quite a lot for myself & family, and for other benefits.

I had the confirmation almost hours later, but 2 days ago I had another, saying there had been a mix up transferring to Prime, and my recent orders have been suspended until my derails have been confirmed, so could I click on the link to confirm etc.

As I had ordered something for my daughter, I nearly followed the instructions, but decided to get in touch with Amazon just in case, and, yes it was a scam, so be careful shoppers, it can happen to anybody.

INFO: Amazon tell me that they never include a link to log on in their e-mails to customers!

[just2retro]

I had my whole account hacked by scammers a couple of weeks ago -total nightmare as 4 cards were linked to the account. They purchased something random from Amazon then tried to change the address on my Amex card. They nearly succeeded as they managed to get through the security for changing the details of the card and taking £1 from my Amex account . Amazon must be really easy to hack into. They even bypassed Amazon emails so I would not get the email that tells you your password has been changed. I was up until 2am one night sorting it -then got a message from paypal through Ebay advising me they could not help me change my password for paypal. It was certainly a wake-up call viz security -now all my passwords have been changed to random numbers and letters and Amazon account closed.