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Nov 01, 2022 at 3:54 p.m

With a phishing email, cybercriminals want to take over your Amazon account and shop at your expense. We show you how to recognize the threat.

• Scammers are threatening to suspend your account on behalf of Amazon.
• With this phishing scam they want to gain access to your account.
• Do not respond to the demands in the mail.

The target of phishing emails is often your bank details. Cyber ​​criminals want to gain access to your account in this way. From time to time, however, they also target login data for other accounts. In a current case, an email is sent with which scammers want to take over your Amazon account.

The fraudulent email informs you that your Amazon account has been suspended and all your orders have been put on hold. The reason for this is unusual registration activities. All you have to do to unlock it is supposedly just follow the instructions in the message and check your account details via an attached link. To put additional pressure on you, the criminals claim that if you don’t complete the process within 24 hours, your account will be permanently banned.

Don’t fall for this scam. As the Consumer Center reports, the link in the email will take you to a fake Amazon page where important data is requested. If they fall into the hands of scammers, they can easily log into Amazon and shop with your connected account. We advise you to simply move the email to the spam folder or delete it.

Simple signs: This is how you recognize every phishing email

A first indication that you have received a phishing email: the email will ask you to confirm personal data or to enter it on a website. This Under no circumstances should you comply with the request. In addition, criminals often use the official logos of the companies they are copying in their emails, but not official sender addresses.

If you find the sender suspicious, you should read the email twice. You will often find spelling mistakes or inconsistencies in German grammar. The attackers usually do not write their emails themselves, but instead use automatically generated messages or translate known emails with a translation program. But why all the effort?

What do criminals achieve with phishing attacks?

Phishing is used on the Internet to collect real user data. Money can be made with these if e-mail addresses, names and other information are sold for advertising purposes or passed on in criminal forums. With the data obtained, cyber criminals can also address future phishing attacks in a more targeted manner, making their attacks more effective.

Attachments and links contained in malicious e-mails also often inject malware or viruses onto your computer. In addition, you should not simply ignore suspicious emails. Forward them to the above email address and help us report future phishing attacks.

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