Is it too early for holiday shopping? Amazon hopes you don’t think so.
Monday and Tuesday, they’re hosting Amazon Prime Day early access.
But watch out, the event is a big draw for scammers and fraudulent behavior.
Amazon related phishing attacks were up nearly 40% during the week of the last Prime Day. A phishing scam is all about tricking you into sharing private information.
Here’s what to look out for:
- A message might look like it’s really from Amazon, but many times it’s not. Check Point Research says a message with the subject “Your Amazon account has been disabled” is an attempt by the attacker to scare victims into clicking a malicious link.
- Malicious links can redirect the user to a fraudulent Amazon account page asking you to verify billing information. But in reality, your information is just going to scammers.
- Once they get this information they will use it to log into everything from your bank accounts to credit cards, anything they can get their hands on.
- Bottom line don’t trust an email, instead log directly into your amazon account and get your information that way.
And if you are going to make a purchase buy with a credit card which will give you greater fraud protection.
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