Fake Amazon account url |
One of our local borough residents received the above (screenshot of a) fake phishing scam purporting to be from Amazon on his mobile. He reported it but alerted us to warn others.
His Bitdefender software also alerted him
Security text alert |
A quick check of the fake url on Virustotal
fake Amazon url |
flagged the url as malicious
VT flags it as mailicious url |
Suspicious text messages should be forwarded to the number 7726 which is free of charge. Reported and sent above to this number.
Needless to say do no click on links that turn out of the blue. Take time to research and check out this blog for advice and further information on similar scams.