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Holy Crap I am a US citizen and no way in heck would I give a retail store my social security number so I could buy a $10 book.
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something's really bizarre here. Amazon would never ask for a social security number. ever
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proof of residence is one thing. asking for a SSN is another. I think it possibly says on their site somewhere that they wouldn't do that. that is a HUGE id theft issue!
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Yes, I mention it because I think the same. And at a goup, some days before, a girl mentiones to have received a mail like this.
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last year, maybe the year before, there were a couple of people who came in with various stories about Amazon freezing their accounts. one was apparently returning a lot of high value electronics. a lot. a couple of others just seemed to be on mud slinging campaigns. I think the deal with this OP is that someone is phishing him
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And here I was, waiting all this time, for one of those dreaded Amazon emails......Thanks KK! Nice work. I also referenced your post on kindleboards too, so others dont get hit with it. Kudos.
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07-01-2010, 10:34 PM | #28 |
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bingo indeed, it does sound like @ChristopherTD was phished. I hope he passes by and sees your post. Looks like he has to call his bank about his CC! |
07-02-2010, 12:38 AM | #29 |
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Um, nope. Only if he responded to the phishing email and gave his credit card details on a link in that email. He didnt say he did that. His original purchases with Amazon are fine.
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07-02-2010, 12:45 AM | #30 |
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It isn't phishing - when i try to buy a book from Amazon Kindle Store I get a message that my purchase is denied. This is on the actual Amazon website. I will have to dig up the email that followed, but it is on my work account and I am not there at present.
But I seem to recall it asking for something to prove I was a US citizen abroad... |
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