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AllaN01Bear

(18,138 posts) Mon Dec 13, 2021, 01:26 PM Dec 2021

i dont know where to put this , if anyone can suggest , please help. thanks

anyone getting a uptick on fake amazon calls lately,

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i dont know where to put this , if anyone can suggest , please help. thanks (Original Post) AllaN01Bear Dec 2021 OP

DU Lounge. You can swap stories there. NT mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 #1

thanks ill do that . AllaN01Bear Dec 2021 #4

Amazon impersonators: what you need to know Goonch Dec 2021 #2

good info. thanks if its too good . it smells AllaN01Bear Dec 2021 #3

Thanks for the heads-up. I generally don't answer any calls that I don't recognize. Fla Dem Dec 2021 #5

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,391 posts)

1. DU Lounge. You can swap stories there. NT

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Mon Dec 13, 2021, 01:33 PM

Dec 2021

AllaN01Bear

(18,138 posts)

4. thanks ill do that .

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 13, 2021, 01:43 PM

Dec 2021

Goonch

(3,607 posts)

2. Amazon impersonators: what you need to know

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Mon Dec 13, 2021, 01:36 PM

Dec 2021

https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2021/10/amazon-impersonators-what-you-need-know

AllaN01Bear

(18,138 posts)

3. good info. thanks if its too good . it smells

Reply to Goonch (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 13, 2021, 01:43 PM

Dec 2021

Fla Dem

(23,645 posts)

5. Thanks for the heads-up. I generally don't answer any calls that I don't recognize.

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Mon Dec 13, 2021, 02:56 PM

Dec 2021

If it's someone who isn't in my phone's phonebook and I don't recognize the number but it's legit, they can leave me a message.

That's my best protection for avoiding scams.

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