Amazon Account Locked and Limited Scam Email: Beware

Amazon users, be aware of fake "Account Locked" emails like the one below, which claim your Amazon accounts have been locked for security reasons. 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.

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Amazon Account Locked and Limited Scam Email  Beware

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.

An Amazon Account Locked Scam

From: Amazon

Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2018 10:22 AM

Subject: Verify your identity !

amazon

Amazon Account Locked

Dear Amazon Member,

Your Amazon account has been locked for security reasons. To unlock it, you must verify your identity. To protect your information, we restrict access to your billing details to a team of account specialists. Our Customer Service team cannot access these details or share more information about this issue. They can only verify that we sent this request.

We ask that you not open new accounts because any order that you place may be delayed.

Unlock Account

Please do not respond to this email, as responses to this message will not be answered.

Sincerely,

Amazon Support

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January 30, 2022 at 6:26 AM by
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A scam sent to me:

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Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2022, 11:00:29 AM EST

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𝖡𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖨𝗇𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖨𝗌𝗌𝗎𝖾𝗌

𝖧𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗈

The System automatically 𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖠𝗆𝖺𝗓𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌.

𝖶𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝗇 𝖿𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗂𝗌𝗌𝗎𝖾𝗋.

𝖳𝗈 𝗎𝗇𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝖻𝗎𝗍𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖼𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍.

𝖠𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍 𝖵𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖿𝗒

𝖨𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖽𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇 𝟤𝟦 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌, 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖻𝖾 𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗍𝖾𝖽.

𝖶𝖾 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌.

𝖳𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗋𝗇.

𝖲𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗅𝗒,

𝖠𝗆𝖺𝗓𝗈𝗇"

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September 25, 2020 at 11:20 PM by
Amazon Account Locked and Limited Scam Email: Beware
info

"​Cus‎to‎me‎r‎ ‎S‎er‎vice‎‎‎​​ <accountprotection.asyynw7unp6@mailsntoia.com>

Fri 9/25/2020 3:34 PM

To: live@microsoft.com

Amazon

For your safety Amazon Account has been locked.

We have detected an unauthorized login attempt to your Amazon Account from another location.

Date and Time: Friday, September, 25 2020 (GMT)

Browser: Edge

Location: Czech Republic

IP : 47.100.61.92

The email address to your account has changed. The new address is slyrxhaxor666@gmail.com.

Someone may have your email and password to access your account then make some change on your account information.

To unlock your Amazon account, go to click Sign-in to my Amazon account, to verify your account by providing information that previously required, then go to security center for update your security settings as soon as possible.

Thanks again for your visit Amazon"

Another scam.

Delete

September 5, 2020 at 2:47 PM by
Amazon Account Locked and Limited Scam Email: Beware
an anonymous user from: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

I got this email and I do not have an amazon account.

The email it came from was

account.blocked@notification-account.com

RE: Amazon Prime Web Info - Recent Change Confirmation of Account Online Payment. #DTDTF7

The body of the text

A picture of Amazon which does not fill the box and does not say if it's com or co.uk

Dear Customer,

We have blocked your amazon account because our service has detected two unauthorized devices. Our service has protected your account from someone who has access your Amazon account.

How do I unlock my account? <this is in orange>

You must verify your Amazon account and complete the information on the data that was printed on your account when you first registered.

To complete the process, click on the button link below.

Button which takes you to goodness knows where.

The Amazon account will be unlocked automatically, after completing the account verification as soon as possible.

If you do not verify within 48 hours, our service will permanently block your Amazon account.

Thanks again for your visit to Amazon.

First of all, I have done a course on cyber spam

1) Amazon would not say Dear Customer, they would use my name as they would already know it.

2) How to unlock my account "You must verify" - If I did have an account with Amazon, the verification process would already have been completed when I first set up the account.

3) They blocked my account because the service had detected access from two unauthorized devices - but then later says - Thanks for your visit to Amazon? I did not visit Amazon at all.

I call this a scammer and all customers with Amazon need to take note of this.

Delete

August 31, 2020 at 2:57 PM by
Amazon Account Locked and Limited Scam Email: Beware
an anonymous user from: Keene, New Hampshire, United States

Now I am receiving phone calls saying my account is locked.

Delete

August 15, 2020 at 10:48 AM by
Amazon Account Locked and Limited Scam Email: Beware
an anonymous user from: Whitinsville, Massachusetts, United States

I got an email telling me Amazon account locked, click here to verify information. Glad I looked here first and did NOT click on link.

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June 12, 2020 at 1:44 PM by
Amazon Account Locked and Limited Scam Email: Beware
an anonymous user from: Albany, New York, United States

I received a text message from 1-832-462-7908

[ACCOUNT LOCKED]: Verify your billing information on bre,.is/Y8MSSrfM to reactive your Amazon Account.

I test back that I created a case with the FBI Phishing Internet crimes @ https://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx

I suggest everyone do the same so these b******s are caught!

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June 10, 2020 at 1:34 PM by
Amazon Account Locked and Limited Scam Email: Beware
an anonymous user from: St Louis, Missouri, United States

I received a text saying my amazon account is temporarily locked

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June 10, 2020 at 3:45 PM by
Amazon Account Locked and Limited Scam Email: Beware
info

Go to amaazon.com and signin. If you are able to, the message is a scam.

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April 28, 2020 at 1:56 PM by
Amazon Account Locked and Limited Scam Email: Beware
an anonymous user from: Portland, Oregon, United States

I just received one today, saying that my account has been locked and no more purchases can be sent without correcting it. The mailer was "services@Amazon.com" I knew it was phony and didn't open it up.

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April 13, 2020 at 2:00 PM by
Amazon Account Locked and Limited Scam Email: Beware
an anonymous user from: Rancho Santa Fe, California, United States

how do I unlock my account due to a scam phishing

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