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Amazon Prime Membership Payment Scam

Cybercriminals are sending out thousands of fake "Amazon Prime Membership Payment" emails like the one below. Therefore, recipients are asked not to click on the links in these emails because they will be taken to a fake Amazon website. On the fake website, visitors will be asked to sign-in with their Amazon account credentials. And, if they do, their account credentials will be sent the cybercriminals behind the fake emails.

This is why Amazon customers asked to go directly to www.amazon.com and sign in to their account from there, instead of clicking on a link that may take them to a phishing website. For Amazon customers who have already been tricked by the scam, it is recommended that they change their password immediately before their accounts are hijacked and used fraudulently.

The "Amazon Prime Membership Payment" Scam

From: noreply <noreply92@wriaclovel.site>

Subject: Reminders Alerts: Your service status has ended. Please update your information.

Date: July 26, 2020 at 1:28:43 AM CDT

Hello

Unfortunately, we were unable to process your Amazon Prime membership payment. But don't worry, it's easy to solve & We are here to help!

Your payment failed for the following reason:

Declined for unknown reasons

The card was declined for an unknown reason. Please contact your card issuer for more information.

To continue using Prime Benefits, you need to update your payment information. Make sure you update this by July 26, 2020. Otherwise your account will be automatically lock up.

Best Regards,

Team Membership

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