Victim Location 55104
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
Freaked out when I got a text from 1+(858) 722-1922 stating: "Shipped: Your Amazon package with $101 loyalty reward will be delivered Sat, June 20th Claudia h6smz.info/n7hF3t1yUB" because my name’s not Claudia and I haven’t ordered anything recently. At first I thought someone hacked into my account, but when I checked it out it looked ok, so I did a Google search about potential scams.
Below I responded "no" about being asked for money, but only because I did not follow the link in the text. I’m not sure what exactly they were after, money or info, but I’m sure they wanted something.
Victim Location 55352
Type of a scam Other
They called stating they were with Amazon and there is Fraud on my account. They stated someone tried to make a purchase of an Iphone 11 for $999.00. They then transferred me to a "supervisor". This person who said his name was Jack told me I needed to download the TeamViewer App on my phone, which I already had. He told me I need to share my screen and I questioned him regarding this. I stated if there is fraud on my Amazon account you don’t need to see my phone because you can put the money back in my account due to it being fraud. Then he told me I needed to download Zelle, I said it doesn’t work, then he said you need to download CASH app. I said no I am not downloading anything. He became very angry with me and said do you want your money or not. I said I want my money but I am looking right now at my Amazon account and there is no outstanding order for an Iphone 11, he said that ‘s because the first guy you spoke with got rid of the order because its fraud. I said well that’s odd because I had been on my account a few minutes prior to the call and I didn’t see anything. I was checking all this from a laptop. I went on my back account from the laptop to see if there is a pending $999.00 and there was not. I told the guy this is a scam and he said no maam it is not. He then asked me to download apple pay and I said it is downloaded on my phone but I don’t use it and he said why not I said because of people like you. He started yelling at me asking me if I want my money or not. I said of course I want my money he said then you need to listen to me and do what I tell you. All along I knew this was a scam but i wanted to see how far it would go. Needless to say since I didn’t follow his directions and questioned everything he asked me to do he hung up on me. I was on the phone for 40 minutes. I did then call my bank and Amazon and yes it was a scam and they did not get any of my money.
Victim Location 55076
Type of a scam Online Purchase
received a voice message from a recording identifying themselves as Amazon and that my Amazon prime account has been compromised for a total of $380 they wanted me to call them to verify that I did not make this charge on my Amazon prime account after receiving the recording I called Amazon directly and Amazon said they would not contact you via phone for something such as that also of note I do not have an Amazon prime account so I called the 866 number back and they answered with a African accent and they wanted to send me a text code to enter from my phone so they could verify that indeed I was who I was they sent me a code to my phone I did not enter the code in my phone but I continue to pull their leg for a while once I call them out on their scam they called me foul names and hung up
Victim Location 55040
Type of a scam Phishing
This is the content of the email I received.
This email is Problematic on its face with an address of [email protected]
I did not respond to the Phish but others could.
"Due to system error you were double charged for your last order, A refund
Process was initiated but could not be completed due to errors in your billing
Information.
You are required to provide us with valid billing information to complete the refund process
UpdateBillingInformation
If you’ve already provided valid billing address to complete the refund process , please disregard this email.
After your information has been validated, You should get your refunds within 3 Business days
Thanks
Amazon" Not Amazon.