Amazon Scam

Have these scam calls increased since lockdown? Or is it just that I'm in the house all the time, so they catch me? What a horrible job to be forced to do.

Don't feel foolish at all! That's how they manage to be successful - they catch you off guard.

This was a pre recording, an American accent, I feel a bit foolish now, I'll know the next time. I should have remembered Amazon don't phone, I need to hold that in my mind.

I had a similar one yesterday. Their English was very poor, so I kept saying 'I can't understand you. Can you repeat that?' until they hung up.

Thank you all. It's the first such a call I've had, so I was quite alarmed. I've contacted Amazon who have assured me that no such order has been placed and they never phone anyone anyway. I should have known that but panic had taken root.

I have had several emails lately, purportedly from Amazon asking me to up date cards, which I know have several years to run before they expire. I know these are scams I've forwarded them on to them. Also similar requests from mobile phone provider along the lines of we will cancel your contract if you don't up date card details

It's good to share experiences though, I think we all need to be so aware.

I posted about this recently - some poor person phoned me (wrong number) in a right old tizz because of this - she’d been told she owed Amazon a lot of money. And despite never having ordered anything from them, she still phoned what she thought was the number they’d given her!
Talk about making me see how easily some people fall for these things - truly scary.
Thank goodness she got me instead and I was able to reassure her.

Marydoll when I get the live calls they get the whistle treatment.

Yesterday my DH took a similar call, I’m not sure exactly what was said as I walked into the room as he was reaching for the iPad. I held up my hand to warn him so he told the person that he wouldn’t log into his Amazon account and the caller, aka scum bag, immediately hung up.

I checked our bank accounts to make sure there were no dodgy dealings then checked the bank home page which lists known scams and saw that a new one had been added. Yep, Amazon.

Amazon do not call people they will email or text depending on what you have set up.

My husband answered a call like this but it wasn't pre recorded. It was a gentle, Indian sounding lady. We normally just hang up straight away but this time he played along for a little while and then suggested to her that she get a more honest job. This gentle lady screeched at him that he is a motherf....r! Not language used in this house.

We laugh at those calls. I’ve posted this many times before but it’s worth repeating if anyone’s worried about their Amazon account.
Remove your card
It only takes 10? seconds to put it on when you next order.

I've never had a message like yours Terribull don't think Amazon do that. They did contact me by phone some time ago when I had a problem but I had e-mail messages first to say that is what they would do.
It's worrying with these sort of calls, so many scams nowadays. Hope you have recovered now.

I have this regularly. So far no unauthorised amounts have ever appeared on my cc. Don't worry about it but, of course, check your statement when it comes in or.... you could phone your cc company to give yourself instant peace of mind.

Terribull, log onto your Amazon account, where you will be able to check.

Yesterday I got a call, supposedly from BT about my Internet connection.
I played along, then said I worked in IT (not true) and was really surprised, as I'm not even with BT.
I then gave the scammer a piece of my mind and told her what I thought of scammers. She cut the connection immediately. Nasty people, preying on the vulnerable.

Have you checked your Amazon account? If there are no discrepancies you shouldn't worry

I buy an awful lot of stuff from Amazon and have done for about ten years.
I have never had them phone me for any reason at all.
I don't think that it's something that they do.