Spam email from Amazon? How to recognize fake mails
Spam features with Amazon as the sender can be easily identified as fake mail based on a number of features. We will show you how to recognize pishing and spoof emails from "Amazon".
Spam email from Amazon? How to recognize fake mails
You can expose fake Amazon mails with a few pointers. There are e-mails that can be exposed as spam the first time you read them, but also e-mails that you need to take a closer look at:
- Spelling and grammar: Fake emails usually contain spelling and grammatical errors that rarely occur in a real email.
- Salutation: Amazon knows your name if you are a customer and will also address you by name in an email. Fraudsters, on the other hand, often leave out the salutation or use your email address or a general term such as "customer".
- Sender: Real Amazon emails come from an email address with "@ amazon.de" or "@ amazon.com". Move the mouse over the sender or click / tap on it to see the hidden email address.
- Links in real Amazon emails lead to "amazon.de" or "amazon.com". If you move the mouse over any links, you will see the address behind it. If it leads to another page, it is a fake.
- Amazon will never email you for personal information. For example, if you are asked to provide your address details, this is a pishing email from fraudsters.
- Amazon itself has put together a collection of tips on how to recognize fake mails.
- If you are not sure whether this is a real email, contact Amazon customer service.
What to do with Amazon fake emails?
If you have identified an Amazon email as spam, proceed as follows:
- If you expose the mail as spam before opening it, delete it unread.
- Do not click on links in suspicious emails.
- Do not reply to spam emails in order not to confirm your email address as active to the scammer.
- Forward the fraudulent email to " " to report it to Amazon. This allows Amazon to investigate and prevent fraud as quickly as possible.
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