Anyone get a robo call from Amazon saying there is suspicious activity on my Amazon account

[a kennedy]

“Press one for customer service”. ??? I just hung up didn’t block it, am tempted to call it back to check it out.

[MacKasey]

1. All the time

I screen all calls. I never reponse

[haele]

2. My mom did, and she doesn't do online accounts for anything but her bank and doctors.

They will email you if you ordered anything anyway. So if there's any suspicious activity on your account, you just check your account when the email says you ordered something you didn't.

Haele

[dalton99a]

3. Fake calls are rampant

https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2020/12/fake-calls-apple-and-amazon-support-what-you-need-know
Fake calls from Apple and Amazon support: What you need to know

Scammers are calling people and using the names of two companies everyone knows, Apple and Amazon, to rip people off. Here’s what you need to know about these calls.

In one version of the scam, you get a call and a recorded message that says it’s Amazon. The message says there’s something wrong with your account. It could be a suspicious purchase, a lost package, or an order they can’t fulfill.

In another twist on the scam, you get a recorded message that says there’s been suspicious activity in your Apple iCloud account. In fact, they say your account may have been breached.

In both scenarios, the scammers say you can conveniently press 1 to speak with someone (how nice of them!). Or they give you a phone number to call. Don’t do either. It’s a scam. They’re trying to steal your personal information, like your account password or your credit card number.

If you get an unexpected call or message about a problem with any of your accounts, hang up.

- Do not press 1 to speak with customer support
- Do not call a phone number they gave you
- Do not give out your personal information

[Blaukraut]

4. Yes! Caller ID read A BC Emergency out of Houston

I always let any call I don’t recognize go to voice mail. What tipped me off that it was a scam was that it mentioned my Amazon card. I don’t have one anymore

[Mike 03]

10. Haha.

That's funny about the caller ID.

[soothsayer]

5. Yeah, they called me about your account

(Sounds phishy, hanging up was good)

[Binkie The Clown]

6. Amazon never calls you about an order. They email. nt

[Mike 03]

7. YES

And the message warned me that someone using my account had ordered a high-end ($690) Apple product.

I logged in and checked my account and it was fine.

Thanks for posting, though, in case others are victims of these scam artists.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Yes

Just the other day.
I knew it was a scam, because we don't have an Amazon account.
The couple times we bought something that way, I checked out as a guest!

[lagomorph777]

9. Block it.

It's definitely a scam.

[a kennedy]

11. Thanks for all the answers.......

[jrthin]

12. Several times. I don't answer.

[brewens]

13. I get my Paypal has been frozen. It's obviously not PayPal on the email address but it looks

legit otherwise. I got to PayPal and look and there's no issue. I don't think I even bothered to change my PW after the first time.

[Warpy]

14. I've had a lot of phishing activity lately

If your Caller ID still has the number, write it down. If you don't see anything when you log in and go to "My Account" at Amazon, call the cops and do an online report at the FBI.

My guess is that this has a flashing neon sign saying SCAM! all over it. Whatever you do, don't call those assholes back. They'll think they got a live one.

[PSPS]

15. June 30, 2021 is supposed to be the deadline for carriers to implement STIR/SHAKEN

STIR = Secure Telephone Identity Revisited (STIR)
SHAKEN = Signature-based Handling of Asserted Information Using toKENs

This is a method by which Caller ID gets "signed" as legitimate and, thus, can be reliably used for call blocking purposes (i.e., calls with unsigned caller ID can be blocked.)

All of these fake calls from the IRS, light company, Amazon, etc., use forged caller ID which won't be signed.

[Happy Hoosier]

16. Obvious scam is obvious. NT

[FlyingPiggy]

17. yes! I hung up before it finished the message and locked down my account. LOL

I didn't hear about customer service.

[FakeNoose]

18. It's just robo-dialed, it means they're calling everybody

It doesn't mean you've been hacked. They just want to find people who are stupid enough to "press one for customer service." And then give the spammers their personal account info.

These calls should be banned by Verizon, AT&T and all the phone monopolies. Why aren't they?

[gratuitous]

20. Yup, I clicked through

I was answered by "Ken Williams" (but not before I demanded his name) who was sporting a thick accent:

"Ken Williams, huh?"

"Yes, now--"

"Is that your full name?"

"Yes, this is Ken Williams."

"What's Ken short for? (Figuring that he wouldn't know the name "Kenneth" ) "

"My name is Ke--"

" (Suspicion confirmed) What's Ken short for? Don't you know?"

He wound up hanging up in a sputtering rage. When I don't feel like baiting these time-wasting fuckers, I hold the receiver up to my Lewis Black bobblehead and let rip with "Are you fucking shittin' me" or "Goooo fuck yourself!"