Official communications will always appear on the Amazon website in the Message Center or on the app. These days, Amazon email scams target more than one form of sensitive personal information.

Some site users suggested this was indeed a scam called “brushing.” So, I thought I’d check whether or not this was a real ...

These clones are designed to rip off your login credentials and payment info when you enter them, thinking you’re on the legit site. Other fake Amazon sites just take your money during the ...

Although less prevalent than other Amazon scams, fraudsters sometimes try to entice individuals to counterfeit websites through SMS text messages. Similar to phishing emails, these websites ...

Amazon is testing a new “Buy for Me” button that will let you purchase products from third-party websites without leaving the ...

Amazon scams involve fraudsters impersonating Amazon ... Joseph is also Executive Editor of Mashable's sister site, AskMen.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is taking legal action against Click Profit, accusing the company of running a multi-million dollar e-commerce scam on Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN). Led by Craig Emslie ...

To avoid falling victim to these scams, people are ... official channels. In Amazon’s case, this means using the ‘Customer Services’ section on their website or app.

These scams work by capitalizing on the ... Publishers Clearing House or from Spectrum.” Amazon impersonators showed the most reported variety, using email, phone, social media, texting and fake ...

Mason said the scammers set up a website and had an entire ... targeted by rental frauds Police and Amazon worked together to suss out the scam, and Mason said the company was very quick to ...