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3. No company will send an email notifying you of fraud. None. Nada.

Reply to MIButterfly (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 11:45 AM

Jun 9

They will not call or text you either. If fraud occurs with your bank accounts or credit card, they will deal with your bank who may flag your card if they agree that there was an incident.

Never, never give out or acknowledge personal information to these people. Always check with the actual customer service department before doing anything in response to these notifications.

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I got an email supposedly from Amazon saying that someone in China tried to access my account [View all] MIButterfly Jun 9 OP

When in doubt, just go to the actual website and see what's up sboatcar Jun 9 #1

The return address did say amazon.com but I was still suspicious MIButterfly Jun 9 #2

No company will send an email notifying you of fraud. None. Nada. ihaveaquestion Jun 9 #3

Good advice MIButterfly Jun 9 #4

There are some pretty sophisticated phishing scams out there. A new word I learned AnotherMother4Peace Jun 9 #5

"There was a time when I worried about crooks getting into my house, now it's crooks getting into my computer" MIButterfly Jun 9 #6

One way to protect yourself is to freeze your credit information at the three credit agencies. ihaveaquestion Jun 9 #7