Amazon
Posted: Saturday 12 August 2023 4:17 pm
IF you ever get a text, email, phone call, etc hang up and call the original number you have for the company. Don’t ever call the number that you were sent. Odds are pretty good that it isn’t the number assigned to that company!
The victim reported that they received a text indicating that there were some suspicious charges on her Amazon account. A call was made to the listed number and the phone was answered by a male who instructed them to buy gift cards at both Target and Walmart for $1000.00 each. In the end, they did not buy the cards and is out no money in this case. They was concerned that the caller may have some of their personal information. They were advised to contact Amazon and the familiar credit bureaus as well as her bank and monitor for fraudulent activity.
The victim reported that they received a text indicating that there were some suspicious charges on her Amazon account. A call was made to the listed number and the phone was answered by a male who instructed them to buy gift cards at both Target and Walmart for $1000.00 each. In the end, they did not buy the cards and is out no money in this case. They was concerned that the caller may have some of their personal information. They were advised to contact Amazon and the familiar credit bureaus as well as her bank and monitor for fraudulent activity.