![]() ![]() Learn more about common gift card scams on our help pages. Don’t be pressured into buying a gift card. We will never ask you to purchase a gift card, and no legitimate sale or transaction will require you to pay with gift cards.Be wary of false urgency. Scammers often try to create a sense of urgency to persuade you to do what they’re asking. ![]() ![]() We will not call and ask you to make a payment or bank transfer on another website. Trust Amazon’s app and website. We will not ask for payment over the phone or email-only in our mobile app, on our website, or in one of our physical stores.Verify purchases on Amazon. If you receive a message about the purchase of a product or service, do not respond to the message or click on any link in the message instead, log into your Amazon account or use the Amazon mobile app and confirm that it is really in your purchase history before taking any action.It says it is committed to protecting consumers and educating the public on scam avoidance, and Amazon asked us to add these safety tips to our story: Amazon says it initiated takedowns of more than 20,000 phishing websites and 10,000 phone numbers used in impersonation scams last year. It says it works with law enforcement to ensure that scammers are held accountable. Amazon contacted KSN News about this scam. ![]()
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