OT Amazon scams

Feb 22, 2020 Last reply: 6 years ago 47 Replies

In article snipped-for-privacy@dizum.com, Nomen Nescio snipped-for-privacy@dizum.com writes

One I've had frequently recently is a very English sounding voice telling me that "some foreign people" have hacked my internet connection.

Items via Prime are often more expensive than buying the same thing non-Prime.

In article snipped-for-privacy@mid.individual.net>, jon lopgel snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com writes

Must remember that one.

Replace "probably" with "Definitely". They hope you will renew and give them credit card/bank details.

In message snipped-for-privacy@ghcq.uk, bert snipped-for-privacy@bert.bert.com> writes

Averaging 2/day at the moment. Must try the *please stop bothering us* ploy.

I don't get them, and I don't use Amazon or Fleabay.

That's nice... but note that there is no connection between receiving them and whether or not you actually use the services of either company

- they are just speculative cold calls.

(and in the case of these particular scams are probably less likely to work if you are a user of the services in question)

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