Today I received an email and at first it was my wife that made the purchase. But as I look closer at the email, I can tell it’s a scam – it’s an Amazon refund Scam.
This is how the email reads: from – [email protected] (order receipt)
Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you for your recent Purchase with Lamphered LLC by Amazon.
The item will be shipped in 48 hours and you will receive a confirmation email once they are shipped.You will receive another email with the #Tracking Number#.
If you want to modify your order, get in touch with us before it gets delivered @ 1#808$480$7403Please find your order information below:
Order Number : HGJ-7GHF89-789
Order Date : 17th May 2021
Order Name : The Seven Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Nick Cluster (USA LLC)
Delivery Mode : Express Free
Amount Spent : USD 589.11`
Mode by : Your Checking AccountWe hope you shop with us again soon.
Amazon Inc
Contact 1#808$480$740390
Certain words in the email just made it seem suspicious, and then I noticed the phone numbers. Even though they used html to hide the characters, you can still see there is no “-” in between the numbers. They are trying to make it look like 808-480-7403.
So What is an Amazon Refund Scam
When you respond to an email such as this, someone will answer in a call center and try to gather your Amazon account information. Such as your email. With you email they will try to reset your password to gain access to your account. They do this by having Amazon send you a PIN to your email or phone. They ask you to validate your account with this PIN, and what they are actually doing is changing your password and gaining access to your Amazon account.
Once inside your account there are several ways they can continue the refund scam. They can either try to make purchases on your account or then try to connect to your computer and say they are sending you the refund. They send you too much money and now need you to buy gift cards to send them back the difference so they don’t get in trouble.
If you go on Youtube you will find hundreds of videos on these Amazon Refund Scams and even listen in how they work. Here is a Sample on one:
What to do
The best thing to do if you received a similar email is to delete it, or send it to your Spam box. Open a browser, and type in Amazon.com and log in to your account as normal; you should already be logged in. Then go to your recent orders and confirm no such order was made on your account.
If you find any suspicious orders in your Amazon account, then call Amazon directly – 1 (888) 280-4331. You can also do a Google search for Amazon Contact Phone and find the number there.
DO NOT RESPOND OR CALL! Delete the Email.
Update – Another e-ail from Lamphered LLC by Amazon
Here is the email received from [email protected] with title (Your order has been shipped)
Thank You For Your Recent Purchase With Lamphered LLC by Amazon.
Your account has been set for Auto Debit from your saved billing on the account in the next 24 hours.
The items will be shipped in 48 hours and you will receive a confirmation email once they are shipped.
You will receive another email with the Tracking Number.
If you want to cancel/modify your order, get in touch with us before it gets delivered @ 1 8775954741@#$%
Please find your order information below:
Order Number: JKGBJDBFHVB
Order Date: 25-Oct-2021
Order Name: Sony Bravia GT-S45 G8 47 inch Full LED Ultra HD Television
Delivery Mode: Express Free
Amount: USD 2278.81
Paid via Amazon Credit : USD 1376
Balance to be paid on Shipping : USD 902.81
Mode By: Billing on account
Payment Mode: Auto Debit
We hope you shop with us again soon.
Amazon Inc
Helpdesk : 1 8775954741@#$% – on your email you see the phone number 877-595-4741
Just made a purchase with my Amazon Account. As soon as I got my conformation email on my purchase I received the same email as mentioned above. Whew almost went in a rage until I looked up and learned this is a scam. Glad I found this before making that call.
FYI, now there are no characters between the contact number digits “showing” and it looks like this (in bold): 1 877 600 0053.
However if you highlight to cut and paste, it comes up like this: 71987746003005375.
Its still going, as I got this email Mon 11/29/21. My husband has also gotten 3 different types of the text message scam about extravagant purchase amounts from an iBrick, too.
My mother literally just fell for it today. Lost $500 before she called me and asked me if something was wrong.
Got one for a Bravia TV I didn’t order. Plus I don’t even think I have an Amazon account linked to the email they sent it to and it was BCC’d to two people with Gmail accounts.
I also got the one for TV. My email was Bcc. The first email they sent to was fake. I spoke to Amazon Fraud 1 866 216 1075 and gave all information to them. People sure spend a lot of time trying to steal from people. I think Amazon should remove them as a vendor.
Got 5 of these today!! Thanks for the confirmation.
Got one today. Thanks for sharing this warning.
I called them to see – gave them only my ‘order number’ – they guessed on the amount and the item. I let them know i was going to send to Amazon Fraud dept, they told me they were – unreal! Be careful of this crap!!
Email:
Thank You For Your Recent Purchase With Lamphered LLC by Amazon.
Your account has been set for Auto Debit from your saved billing on the account in the next 24 hours.
The items will be shipped in 48 hours and you will receive a confirmation email once they are shipped.
You will receive another email with the Tracking Number.
If you want to cancel/modify your order, get in touch with us before it gets delivered @ 18(877)8929-9997
Please find your order information below:
Order Number: XDZ YTQBXK KKBZKXQ
Order Date: 09-Nov-2021
Order Name: Sony Bravia GT-S45 G8 54 inch Full LED Ultra HD Television
Delivery Mode: Express Free
Amount: USD 2278.81
Paid via Amazon Credit : USD 1376
Balance to be paid on Shipping : USD 902.81
Mode By: Billing on account
Payment Mode: Auto Debit
We hope you shop with us again soon.
Amazon Inc
Helpdesk : 1(877)8929-9997
I received the exact same thing today. I called the number to cancel and was referred to the “Manager of Security” who wanted me to go to a store near me and purchase a verification card and he would stay on the line while I did it, so he could get my credit card number to finish the transaction. I had been leary of this whole thing from the beginning, but I didn’t need any more justification to hang up! Beware folks.
Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you for your recent Purchase with Lamphered LLC by Amazon.
Your account has been set for Auto debit from your saved billing on the account in next 24 hours.
The item will be shipped in 48 hours and you will receive a confirmation email once they are shipped.
You will receive another email with the Tracking Number.
If you want to cancel /modify your order, get in touch with us before it gets delivered @ 1#831$383$7140
Please find your order information below:
Order Number : BGV-HFT7738-NFGF
Order Date : August 13th 2021
Order Name : Sony Bravia G67GF-C8 77 inch Full LED Ultra HD T.V.
Delivery Mode : Express Free
Amount : USD 1893.41
Paid via Amazon Credit : USD 1376 (Debited on the linked billing )
Balance to be paid on Shipping : USD 517.41
Mode by : Your Checking Account
Payment Mode : Auto Debit
We hope you shop with us again soon.
Amazon Inc
Helpdesk 1#831$383$7140
I got a very similar mail this morning – first reaction was to report it to Amazon – nobody in the house had made a $5K purchase. Amazon replied that there was no suspicious activity on the account. Went back to look for the original email – I believe it “self-distructed” because I hadn’t called. No sign of it anywhere in my gmail account.
The only word I remembered from the mail was LAMPHERED and that brought me to this forum. Can sleep easier tonight… Thanks all,
Paul
Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you for your recent Purchase with Lamphered LLC by Amazon.
Your account has been set for Auto debit from your saved billing on the account in next 24 hours.
The item will be shipped in 48 hours and you will receive a confirmation email once they are shipped.
You will receive another email with the Tracking Number.
If you want to cancel /modify your order, get in touch with us before it gets delivered @ 1$831#525$9397
Please find your order information below:
Order Number : BGV-HFT7738-NFGF
Order Date : July 27th 2021
Order Name : Forex Machine 56” Dual
Delivery Mode : Express Free
Amount : USD 5769.93
Paid via Amazon Credit : USD 1376 (Will be debited on the linked billing )
Balance to be paid on Shipping : USD 4392.93
Mode by : Your Checking Account
Payment Mode : Auto Debit
We hope you shop with us again soon.
Amazon Inc
Helpdesk 1$831#525$9397
So glad for this page as I received one today as well!
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Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you for your recent Purchase with Lamphered LLC by Amazon.
Your account has been set for Auto debit from your saved billing on the account in next 24 hours.
The item will be shipped in 48 hours and you will receive a confirmation email once they are shipped.
You will receive another email with the Tracking Number.
If you want to cancel /modify your order, get in touch with us before it gets delivered @ 1$831#525$9399
Please find your order information below:
Order Number : BGV-HFT7738-NFGF
Order Date : July 24th 2021
Order Name : Forex Machine 56” Dual
Delivery Mode : Express Free
Amount : USD 5769.93
Paid via Amazon Credit : USD 1376 (Will be debited on the linked billing )
Balance to be paid on Shipping : USD 4392.93
Mode by : Your Checking Account
Payment Mode : Auto Debit
We hope you shop with us again soon.
Amazon Inc
Helpdesk 1$831#525$9399
Send the email to [email protected] is how you handle things.
Yes that would be the way to report Amazon scams, but in this case it’s an email being sent out, not a fake website or page. There is no way amazon can stop these guys from sending out these emails. The best thing is to make it as public and easily found so other understand what is happening.
I just got a Paypal scam email from this same company. I help seniors fight fraud and scams in my area. This had all the signs. Incorrect English. An email address that had no logic. A phone number with symbols in-between the area code and base of the number. And then they said they we going to debit my PayPal for $1376, from Paypal credit. Then my checking connected to Paypal. Then my debit connected to Paypal. They covered every possible account. Which means they don’t have any account information and they want me to call so they can get it. Ridiculous. Jerks.
I do the same with PayPal spam. I send it to [email protected]
If I had more time, I’d certainly contact them, and provide a fake email like “[email protected]” and eat up their afternoon waiting on the PIN which I would share a fake number as well.
But summer is a busy time in educational technology.
It’s always fun to waste their time.. unfortunately that means wasting our times as well. Once in a while I watch youtube videos how they waste these scammers time.
Received one today. I knew there was something wrong immediately because the email they sent it to isn’t the email I have linked to my Amazon account. I did a quick search on Amazon to see if they even carry anything called a Forex Machine 56″ Dual. The field auto-populated with the item as soon as I typed in the first three letters which tells me others have been doing the same search. However, Amazon doesn’t carry such an item. When I typed the company name, Lamphered LLC into Google, it brought me here to confirm that it’s a scam.
Hi, Everyone,
I received one today.
Thank you for posting your example online so we can be aware of what scammers were doing. We are innocent people and sometimes we fall into their trap without knowing it.
See the copy and paste below:
“Thank You For Your Recent Purchase With Lamphered LLC by Amazon.
Your account has been set for Auto Debit from your saved billing on the account in next 24 hours.
The items will be shipped in 48 hours and you will receive a confirmation email once they are shipped.
You will receive another email with the Tracking Number.
If you want to cancel/modify your order get in touch with us before it gets delivered@1%831$525\9405.
Please find your order information below:
Order Number: YIE-NWI6LDX-MA53
Order Date: July 10th 2021
Order Name: Forex Machine56″Dual
Delivery Mode: Express Free
Amount Spent: USD783.84
Mode By: Your Checking Account
Payment Mode: Auto Debit
We hope you shop with us again soon
Amazon Inc
Helpdesk:#1%831$525$9405”
Man, you got a great price on your Forex machine – mine was almost $6000. 🙂
Got this email too. They are annoying as fuck to talk to, hella slow, foreign speakers. I searched for this as I was talking to them, and saw it was a scam and hung up.
Dear Valued Customer,
Thank You For Your Recent Purchase With Lamphered LLC by Amazon.
Your account has been set for Auto Debit from your saved billing on the account in next 24 hours.
The items will be shipped in 48 hours and you will receive a confirmation email once they are shipped.
You will receive another email with the Tracking Number.
If you want to cancel/modify your order, get in touch with us before it gets delivered @ 1 831::525::9405
Please find your order information below:
Order Number: XZS3-POL8-YTG5
Order Date: 7th July 2021
Order Name: Forex Machine 56” Dual
Delivery Mode: Express Free
Amount Spent: USD 789.23
Mode By: Your Checking Account
We hope you shop with us again soon.
Amazon Inc
Helpdesk : 1 831::525::9405
lol. they still be goin’ eh?
Yep, Sure seem that way. The problem is that the scam works on some, and that is all they need to continue.
Plain text for google:
Dear Valued Customer,
Thank You For Your Recent Purchase With Lamphered LLC by Amazon.
Your account has been set for Auto Debit from your saved billing on the account in next 24 hours.
The items will be shipped in 48 hours and you will receive a confirmation email once they are shipped.
You will receive another email with the Tracking Number.
If you want to cancel/modify your order, get in touch with us before it gets delivered@1$831%525%9405.
Please find your order information below:
Order Number: IRE-NDE5KWO-DP87
Order Date: July 6th 2021
Order Name: Forex Machine56″Dual
Delivery Mode: Express Free
Amount Spent: USD764.90
Mode By: Your Checking Account
Payment Mode: Auto Debit
We hope you shop with us again soon.
Amazon Inc
Helpdesk: 1#831$525%9405
Got one today, number is different, the rest is the same. 1$831%525%9405 formatted to look like 831 525 9405
So I just got this email…number is 1 808::470::7931
I happen to love prank phone calling and messing with people.
I called the number repeatedly and spoke in Italian to “Dave” and another person with a female voice.
Now I get an automated recording saying the number is no longer in service.
Dear Valued Customer,
Thank You For Your Recent Purchase With Lamphered LLC by Amazon.
Your account has been set for Auto Debit from your saved billing on the account in next 24 hours.
The items will be shipped in 48 hours and you will receive a confirmation email once they are shipped.
You will receive another email with the Tracking Number.
If you want to cancel/modify your order, get in touch with us before it gets delivered @1-#808#-#470#-#7931#
Please find your order information below:
Order Number: RTF6-IKDF52-UIGH72
Order Date: 22nd June 2021
Order Name: Forex Machine 56” Dual
Delivery Mode: Express Free
Amount Spent: USD 789.23
Mode By: Your Checking Account
We hope you shop with us again soon.
Amazon Inc
Helpdesk : 1-#808#-#470#-#7931#
Just got that email. Thanks for posting it.
Thanks all!
Got one today! Saying outbof checking acct, I called back but while I was on hold, I looked up this and saw it was a scam. I told the guy I am not going to give you pin. I am going to call law enforcement and he seemed unbothered, as I told him this is a scam and then hung up
Almost got scammed today as well very similar email, I called the number cause it had me spooked and then noticed it was a scammed when the Indian guy said it’s the Amazon fraud department and yes we are located in Hawaii and so he sent an access code to my phone and I immediately hanged up on him, no way he was going to get that number to gain access to my account and do shit with it. Fucking bastards.
6/22/21 – If you highlight the entire email (Like a copy/paste – minus the paste) you can see codes written in a white font all through the email.
Dear Valued Customer,
Thank You For Your Recent Purchase With Lamphered LLC by Amazon.
Your account has been set for Auto Debit from your saved billing on the account in the next 24 hours.
The items will be shipped in 48 hours and you will receive a confirmation email once they are shipped.daKeKeMYxAwm
You will receive another email with the Tracking Number. OVhUaXzviQWr
Please find your order information below:
Order Number: OEUSKDJF23 OVhUaXzviQWr
Order Date: 19th June 2021fFSFEOKyJLjXg
Order Name: The Seven Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Nick Cluster (USA LLC)oqwAImhpZSTUKQl
Delivery Mode: Express FreeRVcQdvkdPTCiY
Amount Spent: USD 756.36aagbFtmBfiQtLv
Mode By: Your Checking AccountdqenGIasCSBiE
If you want to cancel/modify your order, get in touch with us before it gets delivered @axVCW168084655647465663FkYsuOkWgDIW
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We hope you shop with us again soon.
Amazon Inc
Got same e-mail, only phone “number” reads 1 808 556 6656 which is invalid and therefore useless.
Amazingly the same book is mentioned in my e-mail.
Also note that Amazon lists only 17 publications with that title and NONE of them are by Nick Cluster.
Appreciate including the whole email in plaintext so google can read it better. Not today scammerinos, and quit sending my fucking grandma these!!
Thanks just got this you saved me time
I 1got one yesterday, didn’t respond to it.
just got one today! SCAM!!!
Yep. Just got a similar one. Looked like a scam to me so I searched for it. Thanks for the confirmation.