Amazon TV Purchase Scam

A new scam is going around. You may receive an email from Amazon informing you of your new TV purchase. If you did not order a new TV from Amazon.com do not worry this is a scam.

You will notice several key items in this email that give it away as a scam.

• First notice who the email is coming From: A normal confirmation from Amazon would look like this [Amazon.com <ship-confirm@amazon.com>], this email is sent from a person [Madge Walton <kaiseruri84@bmatter.com>], furthermore the address is not within the Amazon.com domain.
• Next, notice the poor grammer and spelling (See the full sized image).
• The next major item that should tell you that this is truly a scam, the order number provided can not be found. If you look up the order number, Amazon will tell you "No matches for ...".
• Lastly, the URL or web address when you click on 'your account' or even the description of the TV will send you to LocalSearchTrafficNow.com.

Take a moment to examine the full sized image of this actual email from one of my customers, I have documented the obvious errors, see if you can find any more...

The red flags that were seen here are very typical of these types of email phising scams. To see more examples click here