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.

Given how long I've been working for a tech website, it's embarrassing to admit my card was recently used for a fraudulent ...

Just when you thought you knew how to avoid online scams ... gift cards, a.k.a. “verification cards,” share personal information like credit card numbers, or click a link Remember: Amazon ...

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 ...

Got an email from Amazon that says your account has been ... The Federal Trade Commission has more information on gift card scams at FTC.gov/giftcards, and the Florida Department of Agriculture ...

An email from Amazon warning customers to be careful of a possible gift card scam went awry when customers reported that they worried the legitimate company message might have been, itself ...

As a result, one giveaway that a phone call or email is a scam is if the person is asking to be paid in an Amazon gift card. No actual Amazon employee will ask you to buy them a gift card.

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This scam begins with a fraudster sending a bogus email posing as someone in your contacts list requesting gift cards for a retailer such as Amazon. The scammer gives a spurious reason as to why they ...

Could you get it on Amazon and have it sent to her email address ... I would like to give you a chance to explain this gift card scam you are running,” I wrote, asking for the inside scoop ...

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 ...