Amazon Phishing Scam E-Mails

The email claiming to be from Amazon and instructing you to update your account information to avoid an account suspension is a phishing scam. Phishing e-mails are e-mails from scam artists who use official looking webpages designed to trick you into believing they are from a corporate website that you have an account with. Once you are at the site, they will ask you to provide or verify personal information such as bank account information, credit card information, social security information and password information. If you get such an e-mail, you should delete it and do not provide any of the requested information. However, if you are not convinced that you have a fraudulent e-mail, please contact Amazon directly and explain the e-mail you received. If you give out any personal information, contact Amazon immediately and depending on what information you gave out, it may be wise to take measures to protect against identity theft (e.g. contact credit agencies, close accounts, cleanse computer). Many e-mail solicitations that appear to be phishing e-mails are set forth throughout this website and below:

Dear member,

Due to concerns we have for the safety and integrity of the Amazon community we have issued this warning.

Per the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users or us. We may also take these actions if we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us.

Please follow the link below:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/account-access-login/ref=/index

to update your account information.

We will suspend your account for a period of 10 days if the provided information will be different from that we have stored in our database.

· If you use popup killers please disable them. A popup window will appear, please fill out the form with your correct information.

· We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and appreciate your assistance in helping us maintain the integrity of the entire Amazon system.

· Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

· Please do not reply to this mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.

· For assistance, log in to your Amazon account and chose the "Help" link in the header of any page.

Regards,

Amazon Safety Department

The information provided on this website is provided for informational purposes only and should not be considered legal advice.

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Subject:	Reactivate Your Account!
From:	service@amazon.com
Date:	Sun, 23 Oct 2005 23:23:23 +0200 (CEST)

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Phishing Scam E-mails