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Post by ARENA on Aug 26, 2020 7:56:08 GMT
I never thought it would happen to me.
I received an e mail from Amazon Prime asking for details of our recent conversation. Unthinkingly I gave the details. The a*****e has cleaned my credit card. I feel such a fool!
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Post by themanwhoknewnothing on Aug 26, 2020 14:12:18 GMT
I never thought it would happen to me. I received an e mail from Amazon Prime asking for details of our recent conversation. Unthinkingly I gave the details. The a*****e has cleaned my credit card. I feel such a fool! Blimey I always dreaded that! |
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Post by jonjel2 on Aug 26, 2020 15:22:55 GMT
I never thought it would happen to me. I received an e mail from Amazon Prime asking for details of our recent conversation. Unthinkingly I gave the details. The a*****e has cleaned my credit card. I feel such a fool! I hope it was not too much. We all have to be so careful as there are people out there who have absolutely no scruples at all. Their sole aim in life is to scam others and they will not lose a wink of sleep over it. We see stories of people being done for many thousands and think 'what idiots'. But they are not idiots they are just being done by some exceptionally clever people who have had years of experience. And if their hit rate is 1:100, or even 1:1000, they are making (stealing) an awful lot of money.
On the personal front I suppose I have been lucky but in business I was done for a lot of money a few years ago. Fortunately the bank refunded it. But there have been another couple of occasions where it has been a close call. All looked very legit, then a rat was smelled.
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Post by althea on Aug 27, 2020 8:36:09 GMT
That is outrageous! Can you get help from the bank? I know Barclays are pretty good on helping you get your money back.
This is what really annoys me about scammers, they can catch you with your guard down. I know I am more vulnerable than I used to be.
I have had emails supposedly from Amazon, but I always delete without reading .
If Amazon want to get in touch, they can get to me on their site.
Have you notified Amazon? They should be told.
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Post by ARENA on Aug 27, 2020 8:45:20 GMT
That is outrageous! Can you get help from the bank? I know Barclays are pretty good on helping you get your money back. This is what really annoys me about scammers, they can catch you with your guard down. I know I am more vulnerable than I used to be. I have had emails supposedly from Amazon, but I always delete without reading . If Amazon want to get in touch, they can get to me on their site. Have you notified Amazon? They should be told. It's all in hand . They cleaned out my credit card, which has no connection with my bank. My credit card is reclaiming all the money from Amazon. |
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Post by goodlookingone on Aug 27, 2020 9:18:35 GMT
I don't know if this is helpful - because I got nowhere, but it might give a clue to watch for. 1) I had an e-mail asking me to return a call to Amazon, to confirm my card number re a recent purchase request .... I HAVE NO PURCHASES WITH AMAZON, nor any other South American River.
2) I have a chatting a/c with Facebook - useful at the time re others having the same local gov as me.. However, Some lousy B@*/?*~d had somehow snaffled my "Security" to suggest a Superb money-saving scheme (  ) USING MY NAME on his posting: Obviously a scam, but someone could have fallen for it - as could some Junior using his parents' computer. No monetary loss to me, but Faceache, reasonably in the circumstance, closed my account. But it did curtail the discussions I was having re Local Gov problems and ceased my discussions with Friends. 'nough for now, Gotta go... Some kind soul on another thread is offering a "bitcoin" (whatever that is) an ongoing growing Pension, and all I need to do is give him my bank details... |
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Post by jonjel2 on Aug 27, 2020 9:34:29 GMT
It has become a constant barrage. I had one when I sold a car some years ago. Someone offering me more than the advertised price. I cant remember the details but it was an illiterate message which was a form letter with the word 'car' inserted. Ignored.
A clever one we had was people from the Middle East enquiring about one of our products. Gave them the price and told them it would be pro-forma. A couple of weeks went past and they came back and told us they needed 12 of them as they were equipping a new University, what discount could we offer. Checked them out and all looked legit, so offered them discount which was gratefully accepted. All very friendly and business like. A few weeks later we got an order, and sent them a pro-forma for around 60K. A few days later we had a bank transfer for about twice that, followed by a panic e-mail apologising and telling us that their accounts had made a cock up, and we had received payment meant for someone else, and they had received what was meant for us. Would we be kind enough to return the money and they would send the correct amount. I checked with the bank and indeed the money had landed. I stopped my accounts lady sending the money, only just in time. The funds had not been cleared. And of course they never were. What was clever about it is it was done over a period of several weeks, normal time for this type of enquiry and it was technical stuff, so unusual. |
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Post by goodlookingone on Aug 27, 2020 10:10:12 GMT
Arena. I'm glad that your Credit Card outfit are retrieving your Monies from Amazon, but was it actually Amazon that took the money, or was it some interloper claiming to be Amazon...? (Yes, I know, I'm a bit (or lot) dimn at present), but would Amazon re-pay monies stolen by an interloper?
Can't Stop ... I have to send vast amounts of money to Africa to fund a Solicitor who is dealing with the estate of my Long-Lost benefactor to me, that I had never heard of.
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Post by althea on Aug 27, 2020 16:40:50 GMT
Amazon didn't steal his money, GLO. Why would they? They would not last long in business if they scammed people.
The trouble is, scammers are very clever and as JJ says - if they only catch 1 person in a hundred, it's still a very profitable business.
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Post by themanwhoknewnothing on Aug 29, 2020 8:05:17 GMT
I'm puzzled how this scam works.
1. If you start using another address ,you have to re-register.
2. If you are getting goods sent to you , wouldn't it defeat the scam if you gave your address.
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