Phishing in the Amazon
“Dear Customer,” said the fake Amazon.com email:
Your order has been successfully canceled. For your reference, here’s a summary of your order:
You just canceled order #035-7974456-97033
Status: CANCELED
ORDER DETAILS
Sold by: Amazon.com, LLC
Under “ORDER DETAILS” is the evil link.
Incidentally, this might have worked better if the subject line hadn’t read this way:
Amazon.com – Your Cancellation (201-1308925-1761919)
You’d think the numbers would actually match.
fillyjonk »
6 March 2010 · 10:38 am
I would think it would be somewhat dangerous for a phisher to scam under Amazon’s name. I’m betting that if Amazon found him, they’d crush him like a bug.
But yeah, I’ve got these kinds of things before. I suppose people who order far more than I do and are poorer at keeping track of what and when they ordered might be taken in.
Jeffro »
6 March 2010 · 12:57 pm
Most of the “order” notifications I get aren’t for things normally associated with Amazon. IYKWIMAITTYD.
CGHill »
6 March 2010 · 1:20 pm
Interestingly, this was just linked by a spam blog. Imagine that.
Basil »
6 March 2010 · 4:12 pm
I see what happened! They crossed your order and my order. That explains why you and I both got that email.
Only, I don’t remember ordering anything. My memory is so bad these days.
Maybe I can contact them and give them my checking account information now before I forget.
CGHill »
7 March 2010 · 9:14 am
Incidentally, another one of those came in late last night, though this time Windows Live Mail spotted it as a phishing expedition and gave it the back of its hand, as it were.