Beware: Amazon fraud happening in East Dulwich

[Ridgley]

Him in doors received an email from Amazon saying there is a problem with your account. He did not open the link but he did

check his account and it was ok sorry to hear what has happen to you I hope everything will be sorted.

[Earl Aelfheah]

I was defrauded by Amazon. I called and managed to get everything sorted, but what I found galling is that they had the name and address of the perpetrator and refused to file a report with the police. They said it just want't worth their effort, that they write down such losses.

[Penguin68]

Actually, you weren't defrauded by Amazon, but by a third party using the Amazon platform. I do think that Amazon should pursue fraud, but they weren't the principal in this, and I am assuming you had no material loss.

[owlwise]

Thanks for the heads up Tottleworth. I've deleted my payment and address details from my account. A minor inconvenience considering.

[Earl Aelfheah]

Penguin68 Wrote:

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> Actually, you weren't defrauded by Amazon, but by

> a third party using the Amazon platform. I do

> think that Amazon should pursue fraud, but they

> weren't the principal in this, and I am assuming

> you had no material loss.

Sorry, wrote that from my phone and so not particularly eloquent. Of course it wasn't Amazon who defrauded me, but an individual using their platform. Amazon refunded me, so in fact it was Amazon ultimately who were defrauded. They decide not to pursue these cases, even were they have all the information necessary to catch the perpetrators, which I disapprove of. Amazon are not the most community minded of companies of course.

[Jeremy]

rahrahrah Wrote:

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> Amazon ultimately who were defrauded. They decide

> not to pursue these cases, even were they have all

> the information necessary to catch the

> perpetrators, which I disapprove of.

Credit card companies also don't usually bother pursuing fraud cases. Police won't get involved unless the card company initiates it. You can see why it's tempting to pull this type of scam, when the chances are nobody will even bother looking for the perpetrator! But for these types of company, it's a simple cost/benefit decision..

[JamesF84]

I too had an iPad ordered on my account all of a sudden last week, to be delivered the same day to my home address - luckily was able to get it cancelled before it got that far.