I’ve been getting a lot of scam or phishing emails lately. Almost one email per day from “Amazon”, “Paypal”, or “Apple Store” asking me to log in and verify my password. Some of the fake emails are pretty good, but then there’s this gem:
Greetings From Amazon.
Your Amazon account where placed on hold and all pending order.
We took this action the billing information you provided did not match the information on file with the card issuer.
To resolve this issue, please verify now with the billing name, address, and telephone number registered to your payment card. If you recently moved, you may need to update this information with the card issuer.
Verify Account
If you are unable to complete the verification process within 24hours, all pending orders will be cancelled. You will not be able to access your account until this process has been completed. We ask that you not open new account as any new order you place may be delayed.
We hope to see you again soon
Amazon.com
C’mon. Fake email is not believable if there are typos and strange grammar. I think the scammers should at least hire a good translator or editor to fix the wording. I thought I was getting scammed by Google Translate or something. I’ve been tagging them as phishing emails in Outlook.com since they’re coming to my hotmail.com account. Hopefully Microsoft is doing something with all these reports.
Why the increase? Maybe all these people lost their minimum wage job in India or Russia or wherever and now turning to phishing scams to make money?
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