Amazon is getting ready for Prime Day, and you can bet scammers are, too. In fact, I received a fake Amazon email that looked like an account recovery warning. It claimed there was unusual activity on ...

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 ...

Republished on July 25 with a new FTC warning over this latest attack. A new warning has just been issued for millions of Amazon users, as a new wave of attacks on accounts has suddenly surged 5000%.

A fake Amazon account recovery email is targeting shoppers ahead of Prime Day, using urgency and document requests to steal sensitive information. Amazon is getting ready for Prime Day, and you can ...