Amazon customers flooded social media, confused about an email telling them they bought gift cards. The email warned the recipients about gift card scams, but the email itself sounded like a scam.

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The card draining scam leaves gift card purchasers ... their guidance: Your email spam folder has likely caught at least a couple of these. You suddenly have a Walmart or Amazon gift card to ...

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CINCINNATI (WKRC) - As the holiday season approaches, gift cards remain a popular choice for last-minute shoppers. However, consumers should be wary of scams that resulted in $217 million in ...

Amazon has reportedly ... about that” gift card pull, Lindsey said. Lindsey said gift cards are pulled usually due to one of four reasons: an issue with gift card scams or a batch with faulty ...

The Federal Trade Commission’s alarming report of over $217 million in gift card fraud in ... including email, phone, text, apps, and social media. The scam often starts with a message sent ...

but then I received an email saying: 'We have cancelled your order and voided the Amazon gift card balance used in the purchase.' Amazon paid me back £67.49, the amount of the cancelled order ...

Not every email ... The scam could also be hoping to gain access to your Amazon account or financial information by tricking you into entering your log-in credentials, credit card number, or ...