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In reply to the discussion: Heads up on this phishing e-mail I got from "Amazon" [View all]Cal Carpenter
(4,959 posts)34. AWS controls about a third of the cloud
last I checked. So a huge amount of email providers, web hosts, etc are via AWS.
There's no fucking avoiding them. As a small retail business owner watching Amazon stick its hand in more and more industries and creating vertical monopoly (not just selling, but branding and manufacturing and content creation and food and shipping and....) I can only hope that it somehow implodes. Because it's not like anyone is enforcing anti-trust regulations this century.
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Yes... If there is any problem with credit card for PRIME or subscriptions, a red notice pops up
hlthe2b
Jan 2020
#1
I first thing I do is look at the sender's adress. Its always a giveaway if ...
marble falls
Jan 2020
#4
Yeah, and scammers will sometimes call you from your own phone number too
Clash City Rocker
Jan 2020
#28
I got a notice that my "cloud storage" was in jeopardy of being destroyed.
Haggis for Breakfast
Jan 2020
#15
If using Outlook or firefox, read the email in the preview box,but do not open it in a new tab
jg10003
Jan 2020
#35