An urgent warning has been issued by consumer rights experts to anybody who owns an Amazon account.
Amazon customers have reported that they have been sent fake text messages from scam artists claiming to be from the giant corporation. The Liverpool Echo reports that these fake messages ask you to follow a link to secure your account, following an "attempted log in".
Which? is urging people to be aware of the scam behind these text messages, that are designed to nick your personal data. Many customers of the retail giant have taken to social media to warn others about the potential scam.
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Now, Which? has given customers some important advice on how to not be caught out with these scams. According to the consumer rights experts, one of the texts reads: "Amazon: We detected a login into your account from a new device on 27/09/2022 at 15:10:08 UTC. If this wasn’t you, you can terminate that session via: [https://checkup-amazon.com]."
Another one of the texts read: "From Amazon - A new login has been attempted from IP address: 82.966.81.27 (Ipswich).If this was NOT you, secure your account immediately. [amazon-logins.com]."
When entering details, people were taken to another "convincing" webpage asking for name, date of birth, mobile number, home address and email address. This is where the fraudulent scammers steal the person's data.
One telltale sign on these texts are the website URLs that are faking as the genuine Amazon URLS -which are "Amazon.co.uk" and "Amazon.com". Which? has reported the fake URLs to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).
An Amazon spokesperson told Which?: "These messages were not sent by Amazon. Scammers that attempt to impersonate Amazon put our customers and our brand at risk.
"Although these scams take place outside our store, we will continue to invest in protecting customers and educating the public on scam avoidance.
"We encourage customers to report suspected scams to us so that we can protect their accounts and refer bad actors to law enforcement to help keep consumers safe. Please visit our help pages to find additional information on how to identify scams and report them."
More information about the scams can be found by clicking here.
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