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Amazon Account Locked Email Scam - Phishing for Your Identity

Phishing - The Amazon Account Locked Email Scam
Redirects to spoofed (Fake) website: http://citdsl.fix.netvision.net.il/login.html Amazon scam - account on hold

You may have received an email like one of the samples below that looks very authentic, like they came from Amazon.com. These emails were not sent by Amazon.com; Amazon.com is a victim as well. If you receive an email similar to the one below, DO NOT click on the link, and do not enter any information on the forms there. You can see another example here

The website that the link leads to is a spoof; a fake website, not created by Amazon.com. It goes to https://me2.do/ not Amazon.com! When you enter the information they ask for, you will simply be handing the thieves the keys to your bank accounts.  That is how spoofing and phishing works.

Remember, no reputable business would send you an email requesting your personal account information. Any such email you receive asking for this information should be considered phony and brought to the attention of the business being 'phished'.

Anytime you need to go to a website for your bank, credit card companies or other personal, financial or confidential information; do not follow a link in an email; just type their address in your browser directly (such as www.Amazon.com. )

Below are actual phishing emails that started circulating in early 2007. We have put a warning over the links to the phisher's website.


From: bmptaaimcvbux22-4gph7edqtdq9dhtg@nike.com
Date: December 17, 2021 at 10:19:30 PM EST
To:
Subject: Account Locked



𝖠𝗆𝖺𝗓𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗅𝗎𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖯𝗋𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉.

 

 

Amazon.com

𝖸𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖠𝗆𝖺𝗓𝗈𝗇 | 𝖳𝗈𝖽𝖺𝗒'𝗌 𝖣𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗌 | 𝖠𝗆𝖺𝗓𝗈𝗇 𝖠𝗉𝗉

𝖣𝖾𝖺𝗋 <your email address>

𝖶𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖠𝗆𝖺𝗓𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗏𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗎𝗇𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗓𝖾𝖽 𝖽𝖾𝗏𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗌. 𝖮𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗏𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖠𝗆𝖺𝗓𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝖾𝗏𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌.

𝖡𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝗋 𝗈𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗆 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗂𝗍 / 𝖽𝖾𝖻𝗂𝗍 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝖻𝗂𝗅𝗅. 𝖥𝗈𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗒, 𝗐𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖠𝗆𝖺𝗓𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍.

𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗎𝖾 𝗎𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇, 𝗐𝖾 𝖺𝖽𝗏𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗈 𝗎𝗉𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝟤𝟦 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌 𝗈𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽.

𝖵𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝖠𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍

 

𝖶𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖿𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖿𝗎𝗅. 𝖧𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋, 𝗂𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎'𝖽 𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖿𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝖾-𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗅𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖠𝗆𝖺𝗓𝗈𝗇.𝖼𝗈𝗆, 𝗉𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗈𝗉𝗍-𝗈𝗎𝗍 here.

 

© 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟣 𝖠𝗆𝖺𝗓𝗈𝗇.𝖼𝗈𝗆, 𝖨𝗇𝖼. 𝗈𝗋 𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝖿𝖿𝗂𝗅𝗂𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌. 𝖠𝗅𝗅 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗏𝖾𝖽. 𝖠𝗆𝖺𝗓𝗈𝗇, 𝖠𝗆𝖺𝗓𝗈𝗇 𝖤𝖼𝗁𝗈, 𝖠𝗆𝖺𝗓𝗈𝗇 𝖬𝗎𝗌𝗂𝖼, 𝖯𝗋𝗂𝗆𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗀𝗈𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗄𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖠𝗆𝖺𝗓𝗈𝗇.𝖼𝗈𝗆, 𝖨𝗇𝖼. 𝗈𝗋 𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝖿𝖿𝗂𝗅𝗂𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌.𝖠𝗆𝖺𝗓𝗈𝗇.𝖼𝗈𝗆, 𝟦𝟣𝟢 𝖳𝖾𝗋𝗋𝗒 𝖠𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗎𝖾 𝖭., 𝖲𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾, 𝖶𝖠 𝟫𝟪𝟣𝟢𝟫-𝟧𝟤𝟣𝟢.

𝖱𝖾𝖿𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾: 𝟨𝟢𝟣𝟨𝟧𝟧𝟫𝟧𝟢

𝖯𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾-𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗅 𝖺𝖽𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌: your email address

𝖢𝗈𝗋𝗋𝖾𝗂𝗈𝗌.𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇-𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀-𝗉𝗂𝗑𝖾𝗅-𝗍𝗈𝗄𝖾𝗇

Report the scam to Amazon

To report a scam email to Amazon, submit a scam report to Amazon.

You may also forward phishing emails and other suspected forgeries directly to Amazon at stop-spoofing@amazon.com.

Amazon also has the following direct links for specific situations based on how you have responded to email.

Report unsolicited packages received

Report Gift Card Fraud/Abuse

 

Protect yourself

Do not unsubscribe: Never follow instructions contained in a forged email that claim to provide a method for unsubscribing. Many spammers use these unsubscribe processes to create a list of valid, working email addresses. Use the features in Seller Central to track your orders: The Sold, Ship Now email notification is a useful tool. However, you can find the most accurate and up-to-date information for your orders using the Manage Orders feature in your seller account.
If an offer sounds too good to be true, it probably is: Sometimes phisher emails will offer you deals, such as a discount or a free item, in return for completing a simple task, (for example, signing in to your seller account). We recommend that you never sign in to your seller account by clicking on a link embedded in email.

See this page for Amazon's tips

 

Do not:

  • Call the telephone number.
  • It might be a for-fee premium-line scam similar to a 900 number that could cost you money. Also, by calling, you are confirming that your telephone number is real and you are a potential idiot, meaning you will get many more scam calls in the future.
  • Click on any links in the email.
    You may be installing malware. And by clicking on the links, you confirm that your email address is active and being read. you will see a big increase in future scam emails.
  • Reply to the email. Again, you will just be confirming that your email address is real. Just delete the email.