A local woman almost got caught in a scam when she received a text from what she thought was Amazon.
You get an email.
It looks like an Amazon invoice for something you didn’t buy.
So your instinct may be to jump on it and correct it, but it’s a phishing scam.
Action 9′s Jason Stoogenke has warned you about this before, but it’s still popping up.
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However, there is a slight twist to the scam.
Denise Sigmon said she got a text and thought Amazon sent it.
It said she bought a smart deadbolt for $630 and to call a certain number if the charge wasn’t right.
So she did.
“And they said your identity has been stolen,” she said. “Your son Tyler Sigmon’s identity has been stolen, and your daughter Katie Sigmon’s identity’s been stolen.”
Sigmon said she does have children with those names so the scammers did their homework.
She said the scammer had her buy $2,000 worth of gift cards and then told her to buy Bitcoin.
Sigmon told Stoogenke she was unfamiliar with cryptocurrency, so that was where she drew the line.
“It’s just scary and I don’t want this to happen to anybody else,” she said.
Amazon said on its website: You might receive emails from Amazon, such as Sold, Ship Now emails or Technical Notification emails. However, sometimes you might receive emails that are not really from Amazon, even if at first glance they may appear to be. Instead, such emails are falsified and attempt to convince you to reveal…
