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my wife almost fell for one because she needed to do an amazon return. She Googled "Amazon support phone number" on her phone and the 2nd link had a 800 number
by hijinks 4y ago
my wife almost fell for one because she needed to do an amazon return.
She Googled "Amazon support phone number" on her phone and the 2nd link had a 800 number but it was a site either legit or setup by scammers to review the phone number. She called it and figured someone was funny when they asked her to install an app on her phone.
- 29083011397778 4y agoI don't shop at Amazon if I can at all help it, so as someone unfamiliar with the return flow: this actually sounds expected. Telling the person you're trying to scam "It's a new feature not built into the main app yet" sounds totally believable, and almost expected for a digital-first company like Amazon. And if a legacy retailer said the same thing, I would consider them mildly slow and fragmented, not necessarily scamming me. "Scammer" wouldn't be the first thing to pop into my head. Combined with how easy it is to get "support" from scammers instead of actual companies and high-pressure act-now tactics scammers use, and your wife was probably one of the few that caught on.
- Nextgrid 4y agoLet me guess, was that search result an ad? Yet another reason to block them.