North Yorkshire Police has received several reports from victims who have been sent convincing looking emails claiming to be from Amazon.

The spoofed emails from “service@amazon.co.uk” claim recipients have made an order online and mimic an automatic customer email notification.
The scam emails claim recipients have ordered an expensive vintage chandelier, Bose stereos, iPhone’s and luxury watches.
The emails cleverly state that if recipients haven’t authorised the transaction they can click on the help centre link to receive a full refund.
The link leads to an authentic-looking website, which asks victims to confirm their name, address, and bank card information.

Amazon says that suspicious e-mails will often contain:
•Links to websites that look like Amazon.co.uk, but aren’t Amazon.co.uk.
•Attachments or prompts to install software on your computer.
•Typos or grammatical errors.
•Forged (or spoofed) e-mail addresses to make it look like the e-mail is coming from Amazon.co.uk.

In addition
•Amazon will never ask for personal information to be supplied by e-mail.
•Read more about identifying suspicious emails claiming to be from Amazon.

If you have received such an email or been victim of the above scam please report the matter to Action Fraud, National Fraud and Cyber Crime Reporting Centre 0300 1232040
www.actionfraud.police.uk