Bogus Amazon emails

soolin

lelnet79 wrote: »

If you had read my first post, the email i received was exactly the same as an Amazon dispatch letter as i had sold another item previously.
Information to protect buyers yes, not sellers!

No it wasn't anywhere near the same. Real Amazon emails tell you to log in for buyers details, they do not have an address to send the goods to, you do not get that until you check in your account account.

Therefore if yours had an address, which Amazon warn means a fake email, then it was fairly obviously a scam.

This is a real Amazon email:

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Your Amazon.co.uk sale has been confirmed.

Order ID: XX

Please dispatch this product using Standard delivery.


Item: Chain of Fire [Paperback] by Naidoo, Beverley
Condition: Used - acceptable
Condition Note: Ex library book so all usual papers and marks plus a clear outer cover book tanned to edges
Listing ID: xxx
SKU: x
Quantity: 1
Order Date: 2010-05-05
Buyer's Price: £0.01
Shipping: £2.75
Amazon Fees: £-0.49
Your Earnings: £2.27


You have agreed to dispatch an item within two business days after the order date on 2010-05-05.

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SHIPPING INFORMATION FOR THIS ORDER

You must log into your Seller Account and retrieve the buyer's delivery information from Manage Your Orders as follows:

1. Go to your Seller Account by clicking "Your Account" at the top of any Amazon.co.uk page, then clicking "Your Seller Account" on the right side of the page, under Marketplace.

2. Find Order ID "xx" in Manage Your Orders. You can search by Order ID if necessary.

3. Click the Order ID link to display the Order Details page. You will see the full order details including delivery address. You can print a shipping label and packing slip.

Spongbong

I think, sadly, you have no hope of seeing this money again but at least you realised when you did and it may have stopped you making an even bigger mistake in the future.

hairy_g

lelnet79 wrote: »

Just wondering if anyone can help as getting no help whatsoever from Amazon!
I placed a mobile phone for sale on the Amazon uk website. I had previously sold another item and the transaction went without a hitch.
I received an email to say my phone had sold to a seller in the UK, the email looked exactly the same as the one i had been sent previously when my item sold. The email said that along with my payment was a shipping credit for £65 being held in my account. And did you check your account to see if the money was there, which I would have done before I sent the phone?
The buyer emailed me asking me to send the phone to Nigeria which i did. So, in all the time you were doing your Degree in International Tourism Business, the terms "Nigeria" and "scam" never came up? I then received another email from Amazon to say that the money had been taken from the seller's account twice, Therefore you should have had two payments into your account, why didn't you check this? in order for me to get my refund i had to refund him £165, which i did. Since when did anyone have to pay to get a refund?, And how did you refund them?.
When i still hadn't received my payment i emailed Amazon who said my phone was still for sale and that no sale had taken place. So, you've done all the above without ever logging in to your Amazon account?
The emails were obviously fake but looked legitimate. I'm now out of pocket the £65 + £165 + a Samsung Pixon phone!
Amazon are saying emails didn't come from them so taking no responsibility. They are right .I've been to the police with copies of the emails and addresses that the buyer has given me in the UK.
Is there anything you can do to help? I wouldn't mind as much if i had the money to spare but i'm nearly finished my degree and need the money until i find employment! I wouldnt have sent it to Nigeria had i not been contacted through all the fake Amazon emails.
Thank you.

Unfortunately you bought this on yourself by not doing some simple basic checks, and you have been scammed. It's bad news, but all you can do is learn from it.

whatmichaelsays

Amazon make it clear that you should never directly act on an email communication and that you should manage all of your sales through your sellers account.

Amazon are no more immune from phishing scams than any other firm, nor is there much that they can do to prevent it.

Meepster

Oh come on, this has got to be a wind up?

suited-aces

I hope this is a wind up.

x-Princess-Vikki-x

lelnet79 wrote: »

Had it not have been through a reputable company i wouldn't have done! I was getting emails from the buyer in the UK to ask to post to his cousin in Nigeria so i didnt find out until it had sold. I received the sold, dispatch now email from who i thought was Amazon so i thought my money was safe with them.

lol :rotfl::rotfl:
I feel bad for you, honestly. But wern't you suspicious at all?
Wouldnt you have checked your account??

cyberbob

suited-aces wrote: »

I hope this is a wind up.

If not the Phrase Theres one born ever minute comes to mind

I do have a large sum of money from an african nation that I could do with depositing into someones bank account. I will need a small amount of money to release this due to local laws. Anyone interested

R0bert_Sterling

lelnet79 wrote: »

Unfortunately nothing that will help me! International Tourism Business.

:rotfl::rotfl: Well that does it for me, either a wind up or a complete cement head :rotfl::rotfl: