Scammers Target Amazon Shoppers With Fake Recovery Emails Before Prime Day, Seeking IDs and Logins
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Jun 10
Scammers Target Amazon Shoppers With Fake Recovery Emails Before Prime Day, Seeking IDs and Logins
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 10
Summary
Fake Amazon account-recovery emails are hitting shoppers ahead of Prime Day, warning of unusual activity and pushing users to click a “Sign In to Verify” button or upload identity documents.
The scam leans on urgency and Amazon-like branding to capture passwords, payment details and personal IDs; a fake login page can also expose reused credentials across other sites.
Key red flags included a junk-folder delivery, a generic “Dear Customer” greeting, awkward subject wording, claims that orders were canceled, and a request to submit a passport or driver’s license.
Amazon users are safest opening the app or typing Amazon.com directly, checking the Message Center for real alerts, enabling two-step verification, and forwarding suspicious emails to reportascam@amazon.com.