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Amazon Locked Account Scam: How to Avoid Them

There is a new Amazon scam in the market, known as the Amazon locked account scam. This is a supposed text message that the Amazon HQ has sent to the customer that their account has been locked after it was opened in a different country. The scammers then want you to verify the account details that you have if you want to unlock it. This is a common phishing technique mostly used in Emails. But the scammers are now using it as a text message.

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Amazon Locked Account Scam: How to Avoid Them

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  1. AMAZON LOCKED ACCOUNTSCAM: There is a new Amazon scamin the market, known as the Amazon locked account scam. This is a supposed text message that the Amazon HQ has sent to the customer that their account has been lockedafteritwasopenedinadifferentcountry.Thescammersthen want you to verify the account details that you have if you want to unlock it. This is a common phishing technique mostly used in Emails.Butthescammersarenowusingitasatextmessage. Letuslookatthemessagefromwordtoword. “Your account has just been entered from a new device. Here’s the information that we have: IP Address: 6.3.29.34; Country: Cameroon. For security reasons of the Amazon community, we lock your account to avoid illegal activities from your account. You can reuse your Amazon account after you verify the account ownership by clickingthelinkbelow“.

  2. This whole piece of text is full of mistakes and grammatical errors.spot and avoid the harsh consequences. However, this is not thecasewithalotofothervictims—thousands,ifnotmillions. Thisisn’tanewscam.Peopleneedtobeclearabouttheglitchesthat Amazon has,too. What are some of the common scripts that can tell me that I am inside ascam? Onarandomdayyoumightreceiveanemailthatwouldappearthat Amazon sent it. The subject would be “Account locked”. The sender will mostly “no-reply@amazon.com.”.Startled, you might contact Amazon customer support. To your surprise, the mail was NOT sent by the company. The e-mail that you received was a well-written phishing email with the sole purpose of breaching into your account.Ifyouarethevictim,youknowwhattodo,right? Betterbepreparedifyouhaven’treceivedone. Ways to avoid gettingscammed: Therearevariouswaysbywhichtheuserscanstayawayfromscams seenallovertheinternet. 1.Never get inside something because the flier saysso: Theopeningpieceofcontentthatthescammersuseisintimidating. Intimidationissubjectivetodifferentpeople,butthecommonthing is that they did get intimidated. That is something that should not havehappenedinthefirstplace. Scammersarelookingforoneweakmomentthattheusercanhave, andtheyarecentralisingtheircontentallaroundthatintimidation.

  3. Every user thinks that this is a possible scam. But the moment they havethatsecondthought“whatifitisn’t?”,isthemomentwhenthe scammerswin. If it is too good to be true, it isnot: Ifsomethingistoogoodtoberight,thenitisnotrightatall.Takethe example of trading. There are scam brokers that provide thetraders with leverage of 1:1000. That leverage is exceptional, and a lot of traders might think that they can take on the market with this, whichtheycan.Butthinkaboutit.Whataretheoddsofsuchatrade goingright?Veryslim.Hencethescambrokerthing. If the text says “CLICK NOW” to get flat 99% off on all amazon products,takeitasamajorredflagandpreciselydonotclickonthat link.Thatisaredirecttoareplicapagesometimesthatstealsoffthe customercredentials. Never share your TimePasswords: OTPsareaspersonalasasocialsecuritynumber.Yougetatextthat saysyouraccountislocked.ItasksyoutoenterasentOTPonapage. It is one of the ways to get inside your credential pool. and steal crucial information from the cache memory like the passwords set for inputs from different devices, the latest location of each of those devicesandalotmorecanbestolen. What you can do more is to not click on any of the links. Rather, contact customer support to check with your account. Then, if you hoverovertheEmailenough,youcanfigureoutifthesenderisfake ornot. Here are some more red flags that can tell you if the mail is a scam ornot:

  4. The link to the message seems right, but the URL is nowhere closetothatofthewebsiteofthecompany. Thebrandingisalmostexactlyreplicated,butagain,theURLof the link looks weird. The fonts and font sizes may vary. Always checkthosewiththeofficialwebsiteofthecompany. ContinueReading……..

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