Amazon.com Password Assistance - Amazon Phishing Scams

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Date Reported: 13th February 2007	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Amazon.com Password Assistance

Apparent Sender:

Amazon

Return Address:

< account-update@amazon.com >

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www2.cpt2.host-h.net/keoymi/mazon/gp/ css/account/account-update/account-update- token-jj17TUV78EU8Z00aGkq0viRnA2FAGs Hd6O3BoeCn2F2BM3D/Sign In.htm

Location:

South Africa

Scam number:

aa-4325

Comments:

Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at Amazon by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.

Amazon never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.

The REAL URL of the spoof website is disguised as "https://www.amazon.com/gp/css/account/ forgot-password/redeem-forgotten-password- token.html?token=jj17TUV78EU8Z00aGkq0viRnA% 2FAGsHd6O3BoeCn%2F%2BM%3D".

The spoof website this email links to was not online at time of this report, but variations of the scam which link to working websites are bound to exist, so be wary! The website may have been taken down or disabled by the hosts, but quite often these websites are hosted on the personal computer of the phishers, so may only be online at certain times.

The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual Amazon URL.

"Click the link below to go to Step 3 to reset your password using our secure server:"

Greetings from Amazon.com.

Click the link below to go to Step 3 to reset your password using our secure server:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/css/account/ forgot-password/redeem-forgotten- password-token.html?token= jj17TUV78EU8Z00aGkq0viRnA% 2FAGsHd6O3BoeCn%2F%2BM%3D

If clicking doesn\'t seem to work, you can copy and paste the link into your browser\'s address window, or retype it there. Once you have returned to Amazon.com, we will give instructions for resetting your password.

Thank you for visiting Amazon.com!

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Amazon.com
http://www.Amazon.com/
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Website:

Spoof website not online at time of report...

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