<p>Anyone else getting spam emails from amazon com (no dot in it) about orders that you haven’t made? I’ve received FOUR of them today for orders I supposedly made on December 8 or 10. The “to” recipients include close variations on my real email address…and then include my own as well. </p>
<p>I know this is garbage…but FOUR in one day?</p>
<p>Check out the ‘Target credit/debit card security breach’ thread. There were some references to this toward the end of the thread.</p>
<p>Dito here: 4 in one day! Some had viruses attached to them (cleaned up by the antivirus). 'Tis the season to be vigilant!</p>
<p>Have received maybe 8 of them over the last week. So annoying–any ideas to stop them or is the best/right strategy to just keep deleting them?</p>
<p>I order from Amazon what seems like every week lately, but I haven’t seen anything unusual.
I don’t usually check my spam folder though.</p>
<p>It could be related to this, see link below. Be very careful.</p>
<p>“In the past 90 days, thousands of people worldwide have opened a seemingly innocuous link to track a holiday package. Suddenly, all the files on their computer are encrypted.”</p>
<p>[Cryptolocker</a> Ransomware Being Described As ?The Perfect Crime? « CBS Boston](<a href=“http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/12/18/cryptolocker-ransomware-being-described-as-the-perfect-crime/]Cryptolocker”>Cryptolocker Ransomware Being Described As 'The Perfect Crime' - CBS Boston)</p>
<p>I got one of those amazon ones and forwarded it to their spam email. Ive gotten a TON of spam email lately. D they really think I am going to buy a new car or some credit rating service right now Um NO</p>
<p>If you did not place an order, do not open the mail!! Opening the mail and clicking a link downloads the malicious code and you are infected. Simple as that.</p>
<p>Never Click a Link in an email you are not 100% certain where it came from. Clicking the link causes the malcode to execute.</p>
<p>If you receive an unusual email from an online company such as Ebay, Target, etc, do not use the links provided in the email. In a separate window, type in the web address (i.e. ebay.com) and check your account.</p>
<p>Also, forward the suspicious email to the company. Most have a spam@ or <a href="mailto:abuse@ebay.com">abuse@ebay.com</a> address for these type of suspicious phishing emails. If you do not report it, you allow it to continue unreported and the company cannot do anything about it.</p>
<p>I did NOT open anything!</p>
<p>I’m going to move them to my iPad spam folder.</p>
<p>I have received them, as well. I deleted the first one, but I reported the second one as spam.</p>
<p>Yep, ditto. But remembering a similar false Amazon email scam from a couple of years ago, I deleted yesterdays junk w/o opening it, right away.</p>
<p>I have been getting them also. Very clever timing, since so many of us (yes, I confess!) are ordering lots of stuff from Amazon right now. I noticed the .zip file and recognized they were Trojan/virus loaded spam emails so delete, but I can definitely see how these would be easy for someone to fall for. I better warn my son!</p>