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Post scam emails to warn other rental owners, or if you are not sure if an enquiry is genuine, put it up here and see what others think.
la vache!
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Post by la vache! »

I know that its not really to do with holiday rentals, but I'm sure that there are a lot of people who use Amazon in the UK and abroad, is this a scam?
Its so un Amazon like it has to be!

Dear Amazon® member,



It has come to our attention that your Amazon order Information records are
out of date.That requires you to update the order Information If you could
please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update
your order records, you will not run into any future problems with Amazon
online service.


However, failure to update your records will result in account termination.
Please update your records in maximum 24 hours.

Once you have updated records, your Amazon session will not be
interrupted and will continue as normal.

To update your Amazon order Information click on the following link:


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/accou ... ref=/index

Best Regards ,
Amazon Security Departament
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paolo
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Post by paolo »

Total scam. There are typographical errors, and Amazon wouldn't threaten to 'cancel' your account. But the link seems to be to Amazon. Can't shed any light on that.
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Post by alexia s. »

I get the same sort of mail from "wanadoo" - and it's in English.
Best,
Alexia.
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Post by Alan Knighting »

Susan,

I agree with Paolo. It is a scam. I do not believe that Amazon would ask you update anything on-line. A simple e-mail to Amazon will confirm.

I had a slightly similar experience with PayPal some time ago. I bought on eBay and paid through PayPal. I got an e-mail from"PayPal" a couple of months later saying I hadn't paid and I should do so by clicking through and authorising a payment. It all looked exactly like PayPal but the click-on link given didn't actually go to a PayPal address. It was a scam.

Alan
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Post by vrooje »

Alan has it exactly -- the actual e-mail will have an A tag embedded so that what looks like an Amazon link actually goes to some random site. I get these for PayPal and eBay all the time; sometimes I forward them to the spoof@ e-mail addresses relevant to the e-mail.
Brooke
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