Seriously. I'm sick of all this bloody fraud BS!
A couple days ago I ordered some books from Amazon.com. I just started a book club and so I needed to buy the first book we are reading plus I got some good deals on a couple other books. I was just in the email account that handles my amazon.com purchases and I noticed on the day that I ordered my books I received an email in my junk mail folder:
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From: Amazon (onlinebanking@amazon.com)
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Sent: October 22, 2007 1:01:00 PM
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Dear Amazon Member Closing Accounts and Limiting Account Access
This is your official notification that your account has been Limited. We recently reviewed your credit card and it seems that you are using the same credit card for 2 accounts. As you can read in our User Agreement ( section 2.13 ) opening multiple accounts is strictly forbidden. You are now requested to provide information relevant to your account. Amazon will investigate the matter promptly and if the investigation is in your favor, we will restore your account.
Amazon Email ID PP133320
How can I restore my account access?
Click here to visit the Resolution Center and complete the steps to remove limitations.
Completing all of the checklist items will automatically restore your account access.
Thank you for using Amazon!
The Amazon Team
Copyright © 2007 Amazon Inc. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. Amazon is located at 2211 N. First St., San Jose, CA 95131.
Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered. For assistance, log in to your Amazon account and choose the "Help" link in the footer of any page. It looked completely suspicious to me. Not to mention the links (that I didn't even touch) linked to some place other than Amazon.com. But they certainly did their best to make it seem genuine and to trick me into giving info. I totally want to follow the links and see where it takes me and what it asks for. But I'm not about to risk getting a virus on my computer.
So I made a call to Amazon's cutomer service and they said not to respond to it, that they have received complaints about this email from other customers and that they are investigating it. So be warned! I never give any passwords or personal information when asked for it in emails.
Craziness!
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From: Amazon (onlinebanking@amazon.com)
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Sent: October 22, 2007 1:01:00 PM
Reply-to: onlinebanking@amazon.com
To:
Dear Amazon Member Closing Accounts and Limiting Account Access
This is your official notification that your account has been Limited. We recently reviewed your credit card and it seems that you are using the same credit card for 2 accounts. As you can read in our User Agreement ( section 2.13 ) opening multiple accounts is strictly forbidden. You are now requested to provide information relevant to your account. Amazon will investigate the matter promptly and if the investigation is in your favor, we will restore your account.
How can I restore my account access?
Click here to visit the Resolution Center and complete the steps to remove limitations.
Completing all of the checklist items will automatically restore your account access.
The Amazon Team
Copyright © 2007 Amazon Inc. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. Amazon is located at 2211 N. First St., San Jose, CA 95131.
Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered. For assistance, log in to your Amazon account and choose the "Help" link in the footer of any page. It looked completely suspicious to me. Not to mention the links (that I didn't even touch) linked to some place other than Amazon.com. But they certainly did their best to make it seem genuine and to trick me into giving info. I totally want to follow the links and see where it takes me and what it asks for. But I'm not about to risk getting a virus on my computer.
So I made a call to Amazon's cutomer service and they said not to respond to it, that they have received complaints about this email from other customers and that they are investigating it. So be warned! I never give any passwords or personal information when asked for it in emails.
Craziness!