Friday, January 07, 2011

Phishing Alert: New “Amazon” Scam!

By Nicholas Stix

I just got the following fake email at 8:15 p.m.:

Your order has been succesfully [sic] cancelled. For your
reference, here's a summary of your order:

You just cancelled order #526-6855528-7758496 placed on
January 5, 2011.

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Status: CANCELLED
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Because you only pay for items when we ship them to you,
you won't be charged for any items that you cancel.

Thank you for visiting Amazon.com!

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Amazon.com
Earth's Biggest Selection
http://www.amazon.com
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If you put your cursor over the “CANCELLED” and “http://www.amazon.com” links, you’ll see that the URL is not for Amazon. Do not respond to the email; do not hit those links!

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