Your Amazon.com Password has Been Changed Email

Your Amazon.com Password has Been Changed Email: Did It Come from Amazon?
Did you receive a message that says Amazon.com changed your password? If yes, you can verify if the email is real by trying to log into your Amazon account. Make sure that you do not click on the link that is attached to your email. Instead, go to your browser and type in the Amazon's url.

If you find that the claims of the email is false and you have likely received a phishing email, make sure to mark the email message as spam. Below is how you do it if you are using gmail:

This is an important message from Amazon.com

As a precaution, we've reset your Amazon.com password because you may have been subject to a "phishing" scam.

Here's how phishing works:

A scam artist sends an e-mail, which is designed to look like it came from a reputable company such as a bank, financial institution, or retailer like Amazon.com, but is in fact a forgery. These e-mails direct you to a website that looks remarkably similar to the reputable company's website, where you are asked to provide account information such as your e-mail address and password. Since that web site is actually controlled by the phisher, they get the information you entered.

Go to amazon.com/phish to read more about ways to protect yourself from phishing.

To regain access to your Amazon customer account:

1. Go to Amazon.com and click the "Your Account" link at the top of our website.

2. Click the link that says "Forgot your password?"

3. Follow the instructions to set a new password for your account.

Please choose a new password and do not use the same password you used with us previously.

Thank you for your interest in Amazon.com

Sincerely,

Amazon.com

Please note: this e-mail was sent from an address that cannot accept incoming e-mail. To contact us about an unrelated issue, please visit the Help section of our website.

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Starbucks International Promo

Scammers are now using popular brand names like Starbucks when sending messages to their potential victims. In one of the random emails they send, for example, the scumbags claim that Starbucks is giving out cash gifts to short listed candidates. The email tells that you need to validate your email and requires you to send your name, mobile phone number, your date of birth and a scanned copy of your passport or driver's license.

Do not be misled by the message. By sending your personal details and giving a copy of your passport and driver's license to the anonymous people who claim to be somebody else endangers you of becoming a victim of identity theft.

From: STARBUCKS INTERNATIONAL PROMO
Subject: UK CUSTOMERS (VALIDATE YOUR EMAIL)

DEAR UK CUSTOMERS,

STARBUCKS IS GIVING OUT CASH GIFTS TO SHORTLISTED EMAIL CANDIDATES. THIS IS A WAY TO SAY THANK YOU.

YOUR EMAIL HAS BEEN SHORTLISTED AMONGST OTHERS AS WINNERS OF THIS YEAR STAR BUCKS EMAIL COMPETITION. YOUR EMAIL WAS SELECTED RANDOMLY WITH SEVEN OTHERS AMONGST MANY UK RESIDENTS EMAILS ENTERED INTO THE COMPETITION.

YOUR REFERENCE NUMBER IS XWT66577488BCK. A LUMP SUM OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSANDS POUNDS WILL BE SHARED AMONGST THE 8 EMAILS SHORTLISTED WITHIN 48 HOURS.

TO VALIDATE YOUR EMAIL, PLEASE REPLY TO verification@starbucksint.com WITH THE FOLLWING INFO:

NAME:
FULL ADDRESS:
MOBILE PHONE:
DATE OF BIRTH:
A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LICENCE:

STEPHEN ROBERTS
PROMOTIONS MANAGER
Starbucks Coffee Company,

 

What to Do if You Receive the Starbucks International Promo Email

1. Ignore the message

2. Mark the email as spam



3. Warn your friends not to fall to this scam. Share this post to your Facebook and twitter friends.

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