Look closely and it’s a $1489.87 Apple MacBook you’ve supposedly purchased, of which $898.87 has already been “auto-debited” from your account. Not only that but Amazon doesn’t allow you to pay for some of a product and have it shipped while awaiting the remaining payment. What is problematic is that you didn’t place this darn order and that the format is completely wack. It’s pretty ugly, but as you’ll see, the official messages from Amazon are pretty poorly formatted too, so that’s not necessarily a warning sign. This is probably exactly what you received, even down to the same “order number”: Odds are there won’t be and you just avoided being scammed. It’s also smart if you get a notification from any institution to log in directly to that Web site (don’t click on a link, type in the company’s site address) and look to see if there’s a confirming message in your account. It’s all problematic and the very best way to protect yourself isn’t to pretend these messages aren’t making it into your inbox or voicemail, but to make it a habit to investigate and look for warning signs it isn’t legit. If we get a phone call from the local city government or the Internal Revenue Service saying they need to confirm our personal info, what do we do? Share that information with them. If we get an email from our bank saying something’s wrong and asking us to click on a link, what do we do? Click on that link. Why? Because we’re all too darn gullible and trusting. But more frustrating are scammers who have realized that they can send an email that makes it look like a receipt, warning, or even request for account confirmation and sucker people into responding without having hacked any accounts in the first place. It’s a fact of life in the modern world and it’s rather a frustrating situation. Even with Amazon and even from credit card accounts managed by smart, reputable banks. There’s no question that accounts get hacked and fraudulent transactions occur online.
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