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In reply to the discussion: FRAUD ALERT [View all]LisaL
(44,962 posts)23. Seeing as how the poster doesn't have an amazon account, I am assuming
his or her credit cards are safe.
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That one's really specific, but I get those phony emails all the time.
TreasonousBastard
Aug 2020
#9
The point is to get us to click to a phony website that will ask us for our information...
TreasonousBastard
Aug 2020
#24
I see that now, but this is just general advice. Myself, when I see these, I just delete them...
TreasonousBastard
Aug 2020
#31
I keep no address book. If I have any doubt at all I delete. But there's no doubt they could get ...
marble falls
Aug 2020
#35
I have an address book, but I use Thunderbird to consolidate my email accounts so the...
TreasonousBastard
Aug 2020
#36
fair enough, point is that the entire email might be fake, including that it's from amazon
unblock
Aug 2020
#21
My paypal account which I never use doesn't have any payment info connected to it.
LisaL
Aug 2020
#33
I've gotten text messages and emails saying that my Amazon packages were on the way
In It to Win It
Aug 2020
#29
If it's in your spam folder that's good. The spam filters caught it. Just delete it.
chowder66
Aug 2020
#37
Interesting. A couple of days ago, right after I had logged off my Amazon account I received an
in2herbs
Aug 2020
#40
PSA: The OP doesn't have an Amazon account. This was a classic phishing scam.
herding cats
Aug 2020
#43