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Amazon Phishing Scam - Unusual Activity In Your Account

PLEASE NOTE: Amazon is NOT responsible for these e-mail scams. Organisations and individuals pretending to be Amazon initiate them. Amazon.com, Amazon, and all related logos are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Amazon, Inc., or its licensors.

Date: 30 September 2007
From: "security@amazon-inc.com" <security@amazon-inc.com>
Subject: Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account.

Amazon.com
Dear Customer,

- Due to recent account takeovers and unauthorized listings, Amazon is requesting a new account verification procedure. From time to time, randomly selected accounts (seller and/or buyer)are placed under an advanced updating process based on merchant accounts/bank relations and on-file credit cards. Amazon may also request in an email message scanned/faxed copies of one or more photoID's. Your account confirmation may go wrong if your credit card/bank account has expired, or if you have changed/replaced your credit card without letting us know aboutthe change.

  • Your account is not suspended, but if in 24 hours after you receive this message your account is not confirmed we will terminate your Amazon subscription.

  • If you received this notice and you are not an authorized Amazon account holder, please be aware that it is in violation of Amazon policy to represent as an Amazon user. Such action may also be in violation of local, national, and/or international law.

  • Amazon is committed to assist law enforcement with any inquires related to attempts to misappropriate personal information with the intent to commit fraud or theft.

  • Information will be provided at the request of law enforcement agencies to ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

To confirm your identity with us click the link bellow:

  • http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/verification-ID=93845963242/sign-on.html

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause you and we would like to thank you for your cooperation as we review this matter.


Respectfully,
Amazon.com, Inc.

Copyright 2007 Amazon.com, Inc. All rights reserved.

Amazon sent this e-mail to you because your Notification Preferences indicate that you want to receive information about Special Events & Promotions. Amazon will request personal data (password, credit card/bank numbers) only on our home site, wich is securely encrypted with SLL.

Full marks to the scammers for being so original. The spelling, grammar and formatting speaks for itself.

If you received this notice and you are not an authorized Amazon account holder, please be aware that it is in violation of Amazon policy to represent as an Amazon user. Such action may also be in violation of local, national, and/or international law.

Imagine getting sued for only receiving an e-mail that was not intended for you. Amazon knows too well that there are legal repercussions for them if they send e-mails to people who are not Amazon.com customers, so they will never send you an e-mail that was intended for Amazon.com customers only. According this scam e-mail you are transgressing some kind of law (heaven only knows which one. Local? National? International?) just by receiving it in your inbox, not even to speak of opening it. This is total rubbish, no one can hold you liable for a misdirected e-mail and not even if you opened it. Certain laws may apply when you use any privileged information contained in an e-mail that was not intended for you.

Amazon sent this e-mail to you because your Notification Preferences indicate that you want to receive information about Special Events & Promotions.

Unusual activity on your Amazon account, a special event? We think the scammers have a distorted perception of "Special Events". It is special events at Amazon.com you fools, not special events on the accounts of Amazon.com customers.

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