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  2. This Is What an Amazon Email Scam Looks Like - AOL

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    “An Amazon email scam can look exactly like a real Amazon email, or can be poorly crafted, and everything in between,” according to Alex Hamerstone, a director with the security-consulting ...

  3. Customers confused Amazon scam warning email for an ... - AOL

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    An email from Amazon warning customers to be careful of a possible gift card scam went awry when customers reported that they worried the legitimate company message might have been, itself, a scam ...

  4. What are phishing scams trying to do? An explainer - AOL

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    They offer a coupon for free foods "Phishing scams are a matter of numbers," tech and cybersecurity expert Chuck Brooks, president of Brooks Consulting International, tells AOL. "It only takes a ...

  5. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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    Technical support scams rely on social engineering to persuade victims that their device is infected with malware. [15] [16] Scammers use a variety of confidence tricks to persuade the victim to install remote desktop software, with which the scammer can then take control of the victim's computer.

  6. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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    Scam letter posted within South Africa. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is a common confidence trick.The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum.

  7. FTC v. Amazon - Wikipedia

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    Federal Trade Commission, et al. v. Amazon.com, Inc. is a lawsuit brought against the multinational technology company and online retailer Amazon in 2023. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), joined by the attorneys general of seventeen U.S. states , alleges that Amazon holds and abuses an online retail monopoly .

  8. 52 companies that offer student discounts - AOL

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    Amazon. Amazon Prime Student provides six free months of Amazon Prime, and after that it's $7.49 per month (about half regular price). Plus, students receive perks like free food delivery, 10% off ...

  9. Criticism of Amazon - Wikipedia

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    Placards and a papier-mâché Jeff Bezos head at London "Make Amazon Pay" protest in 2021. Amazon has been criticized on many issues, including anti-competitive business practices, its treatment of workers, offering counterfeit or plagiarized products, objectionable content of its books, and its tax and subsidy deals with governments.