Scammers Copy Amazon’s Emails

With the arrival of November, the discount frenzy of companies and consumers around the world has approached. With the approach of the discount days known as Black Friday, it has gained a lot of speed, especially in online shopping. While consumers are waiting to take advantage of companies’ campaigns and discounts, there is a danger waiting for consumers: Fraud.

Fraud cases, which have increased especially during the periods when online shopping is active, imitating corporate companies has reached a different dimension. So much so that scammers spend a lot of effort and use all technical and design possibilities. Researchers from Avanan found that scammers Amazon’s order notification emails revealed that they cheated people by imitating them.

The purpose is to disclose the consumer’s credit card information

According to the study, scammers spoof Amazon’s order notification emails, making them call the fake customer service number of the victim they target, and credit card information makes it disclose. When this number is called for the first time, no one answers, but a few hours later, a callback occurs. In this call, the scammers say that the person’s invoice has been canceled and they need information such as credit card number and CVV.

Scammers can also bypass consumers’ email security filters with legitimate links to the real Amazon website. Some scammers also use fake landing pages to collect credentials. The target of scammers is not only payment and card information, phone number Gathering is also among their goals. Avanan researchers, “Once attackers get the phone number, they can carry out a series of attacks via text message or phone call. Just one successful attack can spawn dozens of other attacks” he warned. In order to be protected from these attacks, shopping made and contacted e-mails and phones must always be confirmed.