They will then put the fear of the Lord into you and try to get you to give them your bank details so they can ensure you haven’t already been charged.

This new scam call tells you that your Amazon account has been hacked and purchases for exorbitant amounts being made and they need to talk you through the steps to stop you being liable for the expenditure. With so many of us making purchases online it’s likely that when they call about our Amazon account being hacked we think it may be possible. Please apply the same tactic as previously, ask them to confirm anything in writing.Ī new scam is using the Amazon name. The more aggressive approach with threats of dire consequences unless you heed to their request, either for your personal details, payment of a supposed credit card debt or purchase account, the more unlikely to be authentic. If the information never arrives, same thing applies. If they say they cannot do this, it’s definitely a scam. If you feel the matter is perhaps of importance, ask them to send you a written confirmation of the matter, providing either your email or that of your lawyer for them to respond and send the relevant documentation. They need those missing particulars to steal from you, so please NEVER give information to anyone!

They will frequently give you the majority of your identification document details and then ask you to fill in the blanks, for verification. If the person who telephones you asks you to identify yourself, in order to give you the ‘important’ information they have for you, please DO NOT GIVE THEM ANYTHING. Things to take into consideration if someone contacts you: There are always many lockdown brought a whole new variety of ways of getting our details and into our homes or renting us a home that doesn’t exist the list is literally endless. I think I have no choice this week but to cover the issue of scams going around.

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