Beware of "Amazon Your Order Has Been Successfully Canceled‏" Phishing Scam

Updated: March 21, 2018 2018-03-21T10:55:21 -
Posted: March 21, 2018 2018-03-21T10:43:14
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The email message below with the subject "Amazon Your Order Has Been Successfully Canceled," is a phishing scam that is being sent by scammers and not by Amazon. The scam was designed to steal Amazon users' username and password, by attempting to trick them into clicking on the link within it, which will take them to fake Amazon web page. The fake web page will then ask Amazon users to sign-in with their username and password. But, any information entered on the fake web page will be sent to the cyber-criminals behind the scam, who will use it to hijack the victims' accounts.

It is recommended that Amazon customers go directly to www.amazon.com to sign into their accounts, instead of clicking on a link in an e-mail message.

The "Amazon Your Order Has Been Successfully Canceled‏" Scam

De: order-update@amazon.com <order-update@amazonassaults.com>

Enviado: viernes, 16 de marzo de 2018 10:41 a. m.

Asunto: Your order 15-9498-83975 has been successfully canceled

Your order has been successfully canceled. For your reference, here's a summary of your order:

You just canceled order 15-9498-83975 placed on March 16, 2018.

Status: CANCELED

1 "Parity"; 2005, Special Edition

By: Sharron O'Sullivan

Sold by: Amazon.com LLC

Thank you for visiting Amazon.com!

Amazon.com

Earth's Biggest Selection

http://www.amazon.com

The links in the email message go to a fake Amazon web page. The website that is hosting the fake Amazon page that appears to be a legitimate website, but has been compromised by hackers, who have put the bogus Amazon web page on it.

Remember, never click on a link in an email message to sign-in or log into your Amazon account. Instead, go directly to https://www.amazon.com/.

If you have already submitted your information on the fake Amazon web page, please change your Amazon password immediately, because, with your Amazon's username and password, the scammers will hijack your account.

Note: Some of the names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers in email samples on this website may have been impersonated.

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