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Re: [LUG] Is this phishing?

 

dunno. it's not a real amazon page, though you do go to the amazon site 
so either amazon have sorted it or the phiserperson is not competent.

Tony Sumner wrote:
> I found this in my eclipse mailbox, dated 1 July. When I logged in to
> Amazon everything seemed normal so is this a phishing attempt?
>
> Tony Sumner
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ***Urgent Fraud Prevention Group Notice***
>
>     You have received this email because we have strong reason to
> believe that your Amazon account had been recently compromised. In
> order to prevent any fraudulent activity from occurring we are
> required to open an investigation into this matter. To speed up this
> process, you are required to verify your Amazon account by following
> the link below.
>
>  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/flex-sign-in/
>
> (To complete the verification process you must fill in all the
> required fields) 
>
> Please Note: If your account informations are not updated within the
> next 72 hours, then we will assume this account is fraudulent and will
> be suspended. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of
> this verification is to ensure that your Amazon account has not been
> fraudulently used and to combat fraud.  We appreciate your support and
> understanding, as we work together to keep Amazon a safe place to
> trade. Thank you for your attention on this serious matter. We
> apologize for any delay in resolving this situation.
>
> Regards, Amazon.com Investigations Team
>
>
>   

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