# Amazon scam I'm not familiar with

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 20, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-scam-im-not-familiar-with/921062 "2020-09-20T05:16:50Z")\
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Did you verify the email was really from Amazon? Could be a typical phishing scam trying to get you do respond to the email.

It could also be a variation of the seed scam discussed here: [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seed-scam-what-is-the-end-goal/916729/27](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seed-scam-what-is-the-end-goal/916729/27)

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