If you’ve recently received a message claiming there’s an issue with your Amazon account, you’re far from alone—and there’s a strong chance the alert isn’t real. On November 25, 2025, Amazon sent a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, June 21, 2025: This story, originally published on ...

We can’t seem to go a day without getting a spam call or text, and now scammers are using a new tactic to try and separate you from your hard earned money: fake Amazon recall links. It’s an easy scam ...

“If you recently got this text message,” wrote the Guardio team on X, “it’s a sneaky phishing scam designed to hijack your Amazon account.” The link “leads to a high-quality fake Amazon site that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As of November 25, 2025, Amazon is valued at more than $2.42 trillion. While many facets of Amazon's business have allowed the ...

The text claims a recent Amazon order was recalled and links to a very real-looking (but fake) sign-in page. Recall messages create panic so you’ll click fast. Legitimate recalls show up inside your ...

SCAM TEXT MESSAGES WITH SUSPICIOUS LINKS CONTINUE TO TARGET ALL OF US. BUT THERE IS ONE PARTICULAR TEXT THAT WE’VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT RECENTLY. THERE ARE MESSAGES LIKE THIS CLAIMING ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getting a message about an Amazon refund seems like a dream, right? Unfortunately, if you’ve received a promising text from Amazon ...

Amazon Prime customers are the latest group of consumers to be targeted by scammers, cybersecurity experts say. According to a Feb. 4 X post from Guardio Security, hackers are impersonating Amazon's ...

Update, July 19, 2025: This story, originally published on July 17, has been updated with additional information from Amazon regarding account attack trends following a warning emailed to 220 million ...