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Amazon request - Place or Update Credit Card on File

The email claiming to be from Amazon and asking you to update your credit card on file and billing information appears to be 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: 

Amazon request: Please follow the Member Verification Procedure!

Monday, February 19, 2007 5:43 AM
From:
Place or Update Credit Card on File 

Dear Amazon Customer ,

This is your final warning about the safety of your Amazon account. If you do not update your billing informations your access on Amazon features will be restricted and the user deleted. This might be due to either following reasons:

             - A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address)
             - Submiting invalid information during the initial sign up process.
             - An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due an internal error within
               our processors.

Please update your Amazon profile in order to restore your online access:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/subs/primeclub/account/homepage.html/ref=ya_hp_sub_1/104-4436503-7329515?ie=UTF8&method=GET

If your account information is not updated, your ability to use your Amazon account will become restricted.

Thank you,
Amazon Billing Department
Amazon treats your perxsonal information with the utmost care, and our Privacy Policy is designed to protect you and your information. Amazon will never ask their users for personal information, such as bank account numbers, credit card numbers, pin numbers, passwords, or Social Security numbers in an email. For more information on how to protect your Amazon password and your account, please visit User Account Protection.
This Amazon notice was sent to you based on your Amazon account preferences and in accordance with our click here. If you would like to receive this email in text format, click here.

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Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon Inc.

 

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