A woman on TikTok is warning her followers to be wary of scammers trying to schedule redeliveries for online orders during the holiday season.
The TikToker, Gigi (@gigipena_), says in one of her recent videos that she encountered one such scammer and almost fell for their trick. Now, she feels like it’s her “duty” to warn everyone else.
In the video, Gigi says she has been trying to return a pair of slippers that she ordered online through Amazon. But because of the high influx of holiday orders, Amazon hasn’t been able to pick up her package for return.
The TikToker says she has repeatedly received failed delivery notifications through the Amazon app that she knows are “legit.” Then she got a text message that appeared to be from Amazon asking her to reschedule her delivery. Gigi says she was distracted when she got the message and didn’t think twice about clicking the link in the text message.
The link took her to an application form for re-delivery, Gigi says. She began filling it out until she realized that it asked for her credit card information for a re-delivery charge.
“Immediately, I knew this was sketch, and I’m an idiot,” Gigi says in the video.
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