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Author Topic: "Amazon Account Hacked" Scam  (Read 6426 times)

kitz

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Re: "Amazon Account Hacked" Scam
« Reply #15 on: November 10, 2019, 11:05:38 PM »

I've received a couple of calls in the last few days from a pre-recorded message stating my amazon account as been hacked and X amount of money has been taken. Then it asks for me to press 1.

One of my friends reported receiving a similar call this weekend about their Amazon Prime account.    Different number though, so they are possibly spoofing the caller id.
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Re: "Amazon Account Hacked" Scam
« Reply #16 on: November 15, 2019, 04:52:44 AM »

The operators wont be motivated to block spoofing as end of the day they make money from the calls.  It is what it is sadly. :(

But I own a BT phone which did seem quite effective on my landline, the caller has to ID themselves before the phone actually rings.
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