In a recent article warning consumers about the prevalence of phishing scams around Amazon Prime Day, Nick Flowers of Chargebacks911 warned readers to be cautious of their inbox and personal information during global sales events like Prime Day.
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Amazon is one of the most impersonated domains on the internet. According to the article, almost 1,900 new domains related to the term "Amazon" were created just last month, and 9.5% were found malicious or suspicious.
Just last year, there was an 86% increase in phishing emails during the month of Amazon Prime Day. There was also a 16% increase in phishing URLs compared to the previous month.
Flowers warned that one of the most common forms of fraud his company sees occurs through fraudulent emails and text messages. “We always suggest going to your account, checking online,” he said. “Definitely don’t enter credentials through the text message, and really we wouldn’t recommend hitting the link either.”
Sometimes these are even more obvious to spot when you get them as a text. You can tell by the sender's information that they're not legit. Regarding emails, the article advised readers to look for shortened site links and to copy them into a tool to see the entire site address and look for anything suspicious.
