I received a scam Amazon e-mail this morning. Be sure not to click on any
links, they could destroy your computer. Also, check where the e-mail came
from (some weird address that is not Amazon, though they used their logo in the
body) and for any misspellings in the body of the e-mail.
Even if you think it really is Amazon (or whoever), don't click links. Trash
it and go into the application yourself directly in another tab or window.
Debra on Albany
On 12/05/2020 9:29 AM Milford Sprecher <milford.sprecher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
FYI: I had a message on my land line about a potential charge from
Amazon. The message was cut off, but the question was whether I had made a
charge of a certain amount. If I had, ignore the call, but if not, call them
back and they gave a number to call. As the message was cut off, I thought I
would call.
When I called, I spoke to a man with broken English. He answered the
phone as Amazon, but there was a lot of noise in the background. I asked
about this and he said that there was no noise. I smelled a rat, so I asked
where he was located? He said Washington, DC and gave an unintelligible
address. I asked again and still could not understand the address. That all
sounded very suspicious to me and I asked for his name, at which point he
hung up.
I then called Amazon customer support to see what they would say? I was
told that they do not call when there is a question like this, but send an
e-mail message. They have a department that looks into these things, so I
gave them the number that I was told to call and the number that was
registered in my VM as the call the number came from.
The likelihood that anyone else in the neighborhood got a call like this
is slim, but I thought I would share my experience. I will call the Takoma
Park Police and report this, as well.
Milford
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Milford H. Sprecher
525 Albany Ave.
Takoma Park, MD 20912
301-830-2198
