A recent fraud involving Amazon notification emails has been making the rounds online with the following on the subject line:
Subject: Your order has been successfully cancelled.
But instead of being sent by Amazon.com, this message actually comes from...
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A recent fraud involving Amazon notification emails has been making the rounds online with the following on the subject line:
Subject: Your order has been successfully cancelled.
But instead of being sent by Amazon.com, this message actually comes from spoofed emails (in this case, from orders@amazon.com). The link embedded in the email will usually take you to a login page designed to look like it's really Amazon.com so as to collect your login details.
Because of the subject, Amazon users who are actually waiting for some pending orders will feel compelled to contact Amazon.com about the cancellation.
Not only that, there are also tons of other fraudulent transactions being done through Amazon.
- A man pleaded guilty in a fraud accusation that involves £500,000. He and a bunch of other people teamed up and allegedly used stolen credit card information to buy his own songs on Amazon and iTunes.
Lamar Johnson, a 19-year old from Wolverhampton, was charged one count of conspiracy to
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