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Amazon.com Has Successfully Canceled Your Order-Phishing!
Summary of the eRumor: This is a forwarded email that
says that Amazon.com has canceled your order. There is a
web site link on the order number in the email for readers to check its
status.
The Truth: This is a phishing scam to
trick readers in to giving out their personal information according to a
warning sent out by the
Better Business Bureau (BBB) on May 14, 2012.
In their statement warning computer users to beware of such fraudulent
emails the BBB offered
these tips on how to check orders with the Amazon.com site:
Go to
Amazon.com by typing www.amazon.com into your web browser. Don't click a
link in the e-mail itself.
Click "Your Account" in the upper-right corner.
Visit "Your Orders" and see if an order matches
the details for the one in the e-mail.
updated 05/15/12
A real example of the eRumor as it has
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