As a related anecdote.
On the phone with amazon refund department I was told to wait for a callback. Got a callback from a number that i obviously didn't get to vet. Then on that call they asked for my email address to email me an Amazon sign in page.
I almost just hung-up because you have the rep urging you to do it and I'm trying to vet that every link is what it says it is before I enter any Amazon info. The cookies from my already signed in session did not apply to thia SSO either. Ended up working out in the end.
I could not believe they have the same flow as the scammers do. This is the same company that regularily sends out warning emails about phishing to me. Go figure.
I have a home equity line of credit and every time I move to a new address, the anti-fraud department calls me and ask me to verify my address. I was rude af to them the first time because I was convinced they were scammers.
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As a related anecdote. On the phone with amazon refund department I was told to wait for a callback. Got a callback from a number that i obviously didn't get to vet. Then on that call they asked for my email address to email me an Amazon sign in page.
I almost just hung-up because you have the rep urging you to do it and I'm trying to vet that every link is what it says it is before I enter any Amazon info. The cookies from my already signed in session did not apply to thia SSO either. Ended up working out in the end.
I could not believe they have the same flow as the scammers do. This is the same company that regularily sends out warning emails about phishing to me. Go figure.
There's a name for this. Scamicry [0].
[0] https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/scamicry/
I have a home equity line of credit and every time I move to a new address, the anti-fraud department calls me and ask me to verify my address. I was rude af to them the first time because I was convinced they were scammers.