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Last updated on July 5th, 2024 at 11:54 am
For the last two days, I’ve been seeing this email scam. This may not be new but it does look very legit. I’ve had a number of these scam emails land in my inbox lately.
Being that we are getting into the holiday shopping season I thought I’d share this recent email with all of you.
It looks very legit and even has proper logos and a verify identification button.
The email
First off the email was sent from the following URL:
a͏c͏c͏o͏u͏n͏t͏-a͏l͏e͏r͏t͏@a͏m͏a͏z͏o͏n͏.c͏o͏m͏ <davidj4vsovjlkmgh1qp70q4xej3r25crop@vrgq6fa3fj7yjp.com>
to customer-services@verizon.net
The email itself it very straight forward it includes the typical Amazon Logo and other signs that it would be legit.
the email text
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???? : Wed, December 01, 2021
??????: Samsung Galaxy Tab Active Pro
???? : Portishead, United Kingdom
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?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏ © ?͏?͏?͏?͏ ?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏. ?͏?͏?͏ ?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏ ?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏.
The verify identity button was linked to a long url. The text is below
https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/fce189e16f302f46cec15efceb429872285fb89a?id=bbx1105x6adgaxc33fp3fqt3si99y-@verizon.neti0xdbrmhm
as you can see it was also linked to an @verizon.net URL
how did I know it was fake
So I thought I’d point out how I knew the email was fake.
First off it stated that the login was from the UK. I’m in the US so that was one big tip-off. The other was that the email wasn’t addressed to me or my email address it was to a customer-services@verizon.net.
Also what got me was the blank nameless start.
Also can you find a typo in the email below? I’ll give you a minute.
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???? : Wed, December 01, 2021
??????: Samsung Galaxy Tab Active Pro
???? : Portishead, United Kingdom
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?????? ????????
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???????? ??????? ?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏
?????? ????: ???? ?-???? ??? ???? ???? ? ????????????-???? ??????? ???? ?????? ?????? ???????? ?-????. ?????? ?? ??? ????? ?? ???? ???????.
?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏ © ?͏?͏?͏?͏ ?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏. ?͏?͏?͏ ?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏ ?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏?͏.
Did you find it? If you didn’t I notice had is misspelled the email sender used the term hade.
what not to do
Don’t click the verify identification button or other buttons with links. It’s always best to visit the site directly.
what you can do
You can send this email along to amazon by using the following email:
stop-spoofing@amazon.com
Amazon also offers other resources for spoofing content by visiting this link.
I thought I’d share this and alert you all of this scam. It’s not new but will be happening more during this shopping season. Stay safe all.
