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Yeah, getting a lot of similar these days and basically they are trying to con you into getting your logon credentials/credit card info. If you don't already have it done set up email/text alerts for your charge cards to make sure you are not getting any bogus charges and periodically check your credit scores to make sure no one stole your identity and setup a bogus charge card. I use Credit Karma and even Chase Visa card can do that too. You can get alerts from that too. Credit cards often allow you to lock your account online and white list places that you use your credit card if you want.

Also NEVER logon to an unknown/public computer and enter sensitive information such as charge card numbers, banck accounts, email, etc. They could be setup too do keyboard capture to get your info or monitored by hidden camera. Ideally don't let anyone else use the computer you do use for sensitive activities where charge card/account info is used. I also suggest never saving the password for sensitive accounts like Amazon, PayPal, bank, charge card, brokerage, etc.

While a bit if a PIA, multiple authentication will also help deter any bogus activities. I have my Vanguard (they require it these days) setup to sent me a code to my phone that I need to enter to gain access to my account. I believe Amazon will detect an account logon attemp from an unknown computer and tell you to check your email account on file for authentication code to proceed as added protection. Of course one can check their Amazon order history too.
 
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About six months ago I got an Email asking my address for a shipment to be sent. I ignored it and deleted it and a week later got the same Email again so took chance and sent my address. A week later a package arrived with a Brain shaver in it. Go figure.
 
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I received a call from a bank one day. They were claiming a possible fraudulent attempt on a credit card. They had done that once before as I signed up for alerts, so it could have been legit.

As we are talking, there was something she asked and I said "well, if you were really X you would know that. She laughed, said something along the lines of "well, good for you to be suspicious. Please call the number on the back of your credit card." I did, and it turned out to be legit. The person I spoke to also was appreciative of my diligence.


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I got one of those recently. Said there was an issue with my card for $1,203 that I supposedly spent. I sent the email to stop-spoofing at amazon dot com. Let them handle that crap. If only I could get my hands around the necks of these damn scammers. Turn them into cans of Spam.


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Got another one today from that Wells Fargo account I don’t have telling me I’ve authorized biometric signin on it and to confirm it was me. The wierd part is that the address it was emailed to isn’t mine. I checked carefully and it really appears to be someone else’s email address. If I copy and paste it into the recipient portion of a new email, it still remains as someone else’s email. How the heck does that happen?
 
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