TBL lately has been getting emails like the one below with “Amazon.com – Your Cancellation” followed by a number in the subject field.
But they’re not from Amazon. TBL never ordered the book below. The scammers likely want people to click on the order number/hyperlink in the body of the email. But hover your cursor over the link and you’ll see it does not go to Amazon.com.
Dear Customer,
Your order has been successfully canceled. For your reference, here’s a summary of your order:
You just canceled order 182-6786-626 placed on May 10, 2012.
Status: CANCELED
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1 “Scrutinized”; 2006, Special Edition
By: James Smith
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
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Thank you for visiting Amazon.com!
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Amazon.com
Earth’s Biggest Selection
http://www.amazon.com
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Yeah the other notable thing other than the fact that hmmm I never ordered this item, is that a lot of times its dated in the future….for example your get the email on May 5 but it says you cancelled your order on May 7 which is the future.
Additionally, Amazon.com order numbers are 17 digits long and always have a prefix of 002, 102,103,104 or 105. These emails only include ten or sometimes eleven digits.
I received one of these emails. It was for a fake product. Meaning the book did not even exist. No, I did not fall for it either.
It’s been around for a while, too. More details at
http://blog.onlymyemail.com/your-order-has-been-succesfully-cancelled-amazon-fraud/
I was getting them as well and started forwardiing them to phish@amazon.com and within a week they had stopped.
My problem is that I can’t figure out a way to filter them from my webmail. No string I’ve tried seems to work (subject, body, etc). Outlook sends them to Junk automatically, but I’d like to get them deleted on the server immediately (so they don’t show up on my phone). Any suggestions?