Amazon issues urgent warning over new scam targeting customer data
INDIANA, JUL 24 – Amazon alerts over 220 million Prime members to beware of phishing emails falsely claiming subscription renewals at inflated prices, with over 55,000 scam websites taken down in 2024.
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Amazon alerts customers about impersonation scams
Think twice before clicking that email from Amazon. The company has sent out emails to hundreds of millions of customers warning about phishing scams that are tricking people into giving up their login credentials.
Think twice before clicking on that Amazon email. The company has sent emails to hundreds of millions of customers warning them about phishing scams that are tricking people into facilitating their access credentials. Fake messages seem real, and they use scary tactics to act quickly. Below we explain how the scam works, how Amazon is responding, and what you can do to protect yourself. (Keep reading...) The Amazon entry alerts its customers abo…
“We’re all going to be attacked,” cybersecurity specialist Sergio Oroña told TN Tecno. That warning fits, among many others, Amazon Prime users, the subscription program offered by the U.S. company, which recently sent warnings to its customers for the proliferation of scams. Specifically, they are phishing campaigns. That technique is one of the most common among cybercriminals. In summary terms, what they do is supplant identities—from compani…
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