Amazon users are being warned about a new text message scam, according to a conversation between consumer rights website Which? and the tech giant.
“Scammers that attempt to impersonate Amazon put our customers and our brand at risk,” the company said. “Although these scams take place outside our store, we will continue to invest in protecting customers and educating the public on scam avoidance.”
Recently, the police has got the information about scam been done for millions of dollars in Sundarnagri, Delhi. The police got to know about this from their reliable resources the person named “SAIF” has been scamming the US customers in the name of Amazon. He represented himself as an Amazon agent, took the remote control of the customer’s mobile and got into his bank. He asked him to go the bank and pull out the cash. The customer agreed and pulled out all the cash. Then, the agent asked the customer to put the money in the bitcoin machine. The customer agreed to everything. Now, when the customer got to know about this, she registered a complaint in the police station. After several investigations, the police got to know the scammer and has requested the embassy of India to take strict action.