Register Guidelines E-Books Today's Posts Search

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > E-Book Readers > Amazon Kindle

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 08-18-2022, 10:09 AM   #31
Quoth
Still reading
Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Quoth's Avatar
 
Posts: 14,094
Karma: 105211945
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Ireland
Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper
Quote:
Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
I have never seen any spam or phishing emails showing the same email address as would have been used by the company the email is about.
I have.

Lots of the miscreants are amateurs because it's really very simple.
Quoth is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-19-2022, 04:58 PM   #32
BookCat
C L J
BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
BookCat's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,911
Karma: 21115458
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Birmingham UK
Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2
Re the text scams:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkQX-NVFkr0
BookCat is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 08-19-2022, 05:58 PM   #33
BookCat
C L J
BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BookCat ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
BookCat's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,911
Karma: 21115458
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Birmingham UK
Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2
This is a fun Amazon scam baiting call (basically wasting scammers time and providing education and amusement).

Warning: contains some bad language.
Also warning: these things are addictive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mlg1SBqnWM
BookCat is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-20-2022, 09:19 AM   #34
Dr. Drib
Grand Sorcerer
Dr. Drib ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Dr. Drib ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Dr. Drib ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Dr. Drib ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Dr. Drib ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Dr. Drib ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Dr. Drib ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Dr. Drib ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Dr. Drib ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Dr. Drib ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Dr. Drib ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Dr. Drib's Avatar
 
Posts: 45,445
Karma: 59592133
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Peru
Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour
Quote:
Originally Posted by BookCat View Post
This is a fun Amazon scam baiting call (basically wasting scammers time and providing education and amusement).

Warning: contains some bad language.
Also warning: these things are addictive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mlg1SBqnWM

I love watching these bottom-breeding scum-buckets get their (you know what!). This is a new one I haven't seen. I found it especially fun to watch the cartoon video and listen to the humorous back-and-forth banter.

"So that's www.www.www."
"I see you are a stupid guy."


A BIG THANK YOU!

Last edited by Dr. Drib; 08-20-2022 at 09:24 AM.
Dr. Drib is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-20-2022, 06:05 PM   #35
haertig
Wizard
haertig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.haertig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.haertig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.haertig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.haertig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.haertig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.haertig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.haertig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.haertig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.haertig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.haertig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 1,897
Karma: 31522252
Join Date: Sep 2017
Device: PW3, Fire HD8 Gen7, Moto G7, Sansa Clip v2, Ruizu X26
Quote:
Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
I have never seen any spam or phishing emails showing the same email address as would have been used by the company the email is about.
The name you see displayed can be spoofed. You need to get down to the IP address level and do lookups on that, and find out what domain it is associated with, the controlling email address for the domain, etc.

If you receive something reportedly from Amazon, and find that the originating IP address is somewhere in Somalia or Haiti, that's a pretty good clue that you're not actually dealing with Amazon.
haertig is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 08-20-2022, 09:44 PM   #36
HLS
Wizard
HLS ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HLS ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HLS ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HLS ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HLS ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HLS ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HLS ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HLS ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HLS ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HLS ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HLS ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 2,132
Karma: 16342480
Join Date: May 2017
Device: Sage, Scribe, Boox Note 2 Plus, iPad Pros and Samsungs S6,S7,S8
I been permanently banned from commenting, which is no surprise for I am an ass, but i dot know why one would be blocked from your books
HLS is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-21-2022, 10:17 PM   #37
Kusuri
Connoisseur
Kusuri ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kusuri ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kusuri ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kusuri ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kusuri ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kusuri ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kusuri ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kusuri ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kusuri ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kusuri ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kusuri ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 99
Karma: 909418
Join Date: Aug 2021
Location: Germany
Device: PW4+Fire 7", Onyx Boox Nova Air
Quote:
Originally Posted by HLS View Post
I been permanently banned from commenting, which is no surprise for I am an ass, but i dot know why one would be blocked from your books
if you break the TOS of amazon (any amazon service you use with that account), they close / ban your whole account usually. this will basically kill off all access to every service you use from amazon. normal amazon shop, cloud services, access to your bought digital media, AI services, amazon partnerprogram to earn money over affiliate links & co. - everything is one account, so if they ban this account.. all is gone.

most companys do it the same.

in your case it seems they only restricted the account, not banned it.
Kusuri is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-22-2022, 05:41 AM   #38
Quoth
Still reading
Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Quoth's Avatar
 
Posts: 14,094
Karma: 105211945
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Ireland
Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper
The problem is that parts of the TOS, such as what are too many returns, are secret. They are too big and powerful.
Quoth is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-22-2022, 09:58 AM   #39
Notjohn
mostly an observer
Notjohn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Notjohn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Notjohn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Notjohn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Notjohn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Notjohn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Notjohn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Notjohn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Notjohn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Notjohn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Notjohn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 1,519
Karma: 987654
Join Date: Dec 2012
Device: Kindle
Amazon believes, with some justification, that you don't buy an ebook or film but only rent it. There was a case some years ago where there was a problem with a book (copyright is the only thing I can think of) and they solved it by removing the book from the device that downloaded it, probably thousands of devices.

I experienced this myself. Years ago I bought the video download of Parade's End and we enjoyed it so much that we watched it almost every year thereafter. This winter I lined up episode one and wound up paying $4.99 for it -- a single episode. I should have put a charge-back on my Visa card, but for $4.99 it didn't seem worth the bother.

And I could find no way to complain to Amazon about it. (And there again I was trapped by the "is it worth the effort?".)
Notjohn is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-22-2022, 12:05 PM   #40
Quoth
Still reading
Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Quoth's Avatar
 
Posts: 14,094
Karma: 105211945
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Ireland
Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper
But if you go to an ebook you bought on their site, it's marked "You own this." They separately rent ebooks.

You don't own the intellectual property, but you have bought the right to read it.

That was ironically "1984" and "Animal Farm" in 2009 (published in 1948). Both parables* about authoritarian regimes. Amazon had such a backlash they promised never to do it again.

https://www.theregister.com/2009/07/...4_from_kindle/

*Both inspired by his experience of Spanish Civil War and his disillusion with Soviet socialism and being heckled in London. Though 1984 is also about Fascism. It's about THEN, not 1984.

I buy CDs, BD, DVDs and remove DRM from ebooks I buy. DRM is evil on something bought rather than rented/loaded. I don't mess with DRM on library book borrows.

Last edited by Quoth; 08-22-2022 at 12:08 PM.
Quoth is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Amazon is (possibly) working on a colour e-reader Katsunami News 67 08-03-2016 02:26 PM
Banned books at Amazon US svenlind Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links) 8 09-27-2015 08:44 PM
Amazon possibly entering the gaming market xg4bx News 36 08-15-2013 12:39 PM
Banned Books Week - Win 30 Banned Books Angst Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links) 2 10-01-2012 05:52 PM
Tell Us Your Favorite Banned Book - It's National Banned Books Week EatingPie Lounge 96 10-12-2010 02:19 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:14 AM.


MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.