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Amazon users, be aware of fake emails like the one below, which claim your Amazon accounts have been limited. The fake email messages are being sent by cybercriminals, and the links in them go to phishing websites that steal personal and financial information, go to malicious websites that infect computers or mobile devices with malware, go to fraudulent websites that will ask visitors to complete surveys that the cybercriminals behind the scam will get paid for, or go to websites that ask visitors to buy counterfeit or fake products or services.
Therefore, Amazon users are asked never to click on links in email messages that claim that their Amazon accounts have been limited. They should instead, go directly to www.amazon.com and sign into their accounts from there. This will prevent Amazon users from clicking on malicious links that go to phishing or malicious websites.
From: "Amazon.com" <aws-setting-up15@comcast.net>Date: December 21, 2017 at 9:27:15 AM CSTSubject: Your Amazon.com account is now limited!Dear value customer,Your Amazon.com account is now pending for verification.Therefore your account has been limited.To avoid deletion of your account please use the link bellow:Update My Account Status!Copyright Amazon 2017|Message-ID:710279903871119TRR
From: "Amazon.com" <aws-setting-up15@comcast.net>
Date: December 21, 2017 at 9:27:15 AM CST
Subject: Your Amazon.com account is now limited!
Dear value customer,
Your Amazon.com account is now pending for verification.
Therefore your account has been limited.
To avoid deletion of your account please use the link bellow:
Update My Account Status!
Copyright Amazon 2017|Message-ID:710279903871119TRR
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Here is another scam:"From: Amazon Services [mailto:jusuje124-comcast.net] Sent: Monday, September 10, 2018 2:54 PMSubject: You are now limited on Amazon, update required!Dear valued customer,Your Amazon.com account does not pass the latest security check.Therefore your account must be updated.To avoid deletion please use the link bellow:Update My Account Status!Copyright Amazon 2018Message-ID:723686803867HY"
Here is another scam:"From: "Amazon .com" Date: July 16, 2018 at 3:02:02 AM EDTSubject: You have been limited on Amazon!Reply-To: "Amazon .com" Your Amazon.com account does not pass the latest security check."
Here is another scam:"From: "Amazon.com" Date: March 8, 2018 at 11:43:04 ESTSubject: Your Amazon.com account is now limited!Reply-To: "Amazon.com" Dear value customer,Your Amazon.com account does not pass the latest security check.Therefore your account must be updated.To avoid deletion please use the link bellow:Update My Account Status!Copyright Amazon 2018Message-ID:88823300192255342GLA"
Here is another scam:-------- Forwarded Message --------Subject: Your Amazon.com account is now limited!Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 11:27:06 -0600 (CST)From: Amazon.com Reply-To: Amazon.com Dear value customer,Your Amazon.com account does not pass the latest security check.Therefore your account must be updated.To avoid deletion please use the link bellow:Update My Account Status!Copyright Amazon 2018Message-ID:88823300192255342GLA
I just received one and deleted it. I hope that they are not in my computer. I did not enter any information on my Amazon site.
Here is another scam:"From: "Amazon.Com" Date: February 8, 2018 at 4:08:47 PM CSTSubject: Your Amazon.com account is now limited!Dear value customer,Your Amazon.com account is now pending for verification.Therefore your account has been limited.To avoid deletion of your account please use the link bellow:Update My Account Status!Copyright Amazon 2018Message-ID:92305443892913PWLQ"