SyncBlog

Heather Briggs got an email. It said it was from Amazon and that she bought an $829 printer. She says she didn’t.

“Very real, very … this is how much you paid for it, this is the tax, this was the shipping, this is where you bought it,” she told Action 9′s Jason Stoogenke.

But if you look carefully, there are plenty of red flags in the email. It uses a zero instead of the letter ‘o’ in one place. It has grammatical mistakes. For example, it says “all right reserved” instead of “all rights reserved.” And it says, “We hope to see you again,” which just seems strange.

The sender wants you to call to sort it out. And you may be tempted to. After all, it’s a lot of money and you don’t want to be charged hundreds or thousands for something you didn’t buy. But it’s a phishing scam designed to get your personal information.

Briggs did the right thing. She ignored the fake “invoice” and now wants to warn others.

“Everybody use Amazon these days, everybody, and I just don’t want to see them get hurt,” she said.

Advice from Action 9:

• Look out for spelling and other grammatical mistakes.
• Hover your cursor over the sender’s email address. It probably looks nothing like an address Amazon would use.
• If you really think someone bought something using your Amazon account, go into your Amazon account and check your orders.
• Whatever you do, don’t call the number (or click the link) the email gives you.

(WATCH BELOW: Beware the ‘Secret Sister’ social media scam)

Beware the ‘Secret Sister’ social media scam (NCD)

©2022 Cox Media Group

ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7uL%2FOnKuvZpOkunC6xLCqaKSfmK6te9aaq5ygXaTCtXnAppizp55itq%2FCzqKanmWjmK6ue6%2BGbW2QfHaEjJ6lh4d9iodnlHSekY%2BKhoaJZA%3D%3D