Internet Fraud Warning! Your Inbox May Have Received a Fake Demand for Money, Claiming to be from Amazon Prime! Don’t Pay It—Don’t Even Open the E-Mail!

By Nicholas Stix

This, I realize, is a very uncharacteristic posting from me. But like you, I am periodically molested by cyber criminals. I just received an email with the following subject line:

“Amazn Oops! Your Amazn Prime subscription has expir... Your membership has expired!!!”

I am sure that this is a scam. In part, that is due to the misspelling of “Amazon.” In part, it is due to the scamster having written me to renew Amazon Prime. I believe that I would have gotten such a notification on my own Amazon page.

Thus, I have not even opened the email, and am going to hit the “spam” button. These days, merely opening such emails can be dangerous. They’re virtual anthrax.