Beware of "phishing" emails saying

[dave9199]

I almost became a victim of this. I got an email that asked me to fill out my personal info for Amazon, but what was suspicious was the heading read not Dear Dave, but Dear dave9199@... and they asked for my PIN number which Amazon obviously doesn't need. I got another one saying because of the "phising", my password has been changed and almost did all of that one, but wanted to check it out. I couldn't send an email to Amazon through them because of server issues on their end and a box popped up to put in my phone number for a call back. I didn't do it and tried for 2 weeks to send this email, but there was still problems at Amazon, so I sent an email to another dept in Amazon and got an email back saying it was a phishing email, but now I'm too paranoid to create a new password as I can't tell if it's the real one or the fake. Just wanted to let everyone know to be on your guard.

[Adam]

I almost became a victim of this. I got an email that asked me to fill out my personal info for Amazon, but what was suspicious was the heading read not Dear Dave, but Dear dave9199@... and they asked for my PIN number which Amazon obviously doesn't need. I got another one saying because of the "phising", my password has been changed and almost did all of that one, but wanted to check it out. I couldn't send an email to Amazon through them because of server issues on their end and a box popped up to put in my phone number for a call back. I didn't do it and tried for 2 weeks to send this email, but there was still problems at Amazon, so I sent an email to another dept in Amazon and got an email back saying it was a phishing email, but now I'm too paranoid to create a new password as I can't tell if it's the real one or the fake. Just wanted to let everyone know to be on your guard.

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There's a pretty simple rule. No legitimate organization will send an email asking you to somehow reply to the email with any sort of PIN or password. If there is any reason (such as updating your credit card for Pay Pal), they ask you to log into the site as you normally do, initiating it yourself, and go to the correct page to enter enter the information.

Don't send or reply to any emails. Just go open your Amazon account yourself.

[Claude]

If there is any reason (such as updating your credit card for Pay Pal), they ask you to log into the site as you normally do, initiating it yourself, and go to the correct page to enter enter the information.

Don't send or reply to any emails.  Just go open your Amazon account yourself.

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Emphasis on the "as you normally do, intiating it yourself", because what most phishing mails do is provide a link which looks like pointing to Ebay/Amazon/your bank but in fact goes to a temporary website whose only purpose is to collect the personal data people are providing.

You should be suspicious everytime an email asks you to update personal data, because that is something the real companies almost never ask.