AN Oxfordshire woman has warned people about an Amazon scam.
Rachel Mallows, from Bicester, said she received a call from someone pretending to be from Amazon seeking to steal her account details.
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She shared her experience on the Bicester Chat Facebook group yesterday.
She said: "I received a call from a Portuguese number however the man sounded South Asian. He said he was from Amazon and that my account had been compromised and an iPhone purchased with it.
"He asked if I wished to cancel this order. I said "yes" and so he said he would send me a one time password by text. Instantly a text from Amazon arrived on my phone with a code. He then asked me to read it out to him."
Rachel then asked the man to first confirm her name, but he refused claiming that it was a security risk and that the call might be being recorded.
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She added: "So I asked him again, and again. I may have even sang a few lines from Destiny Child's 'Say My Name'. Now I know that my singing isn't good, but he started swearing at me and put the phone down on me.
"So if you get a call like this, it is a scam. The text from Amazon is genuine, but it is the scammers trying to log into your account and requesting a password reset.
"Then when you give them the code in the text, they steal your account."
She warned: "Never give anyone your information over the phone. And if you are concerned, I can always sing to them."
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People commented saying the same thing had happened to them recently.
Joe Pete Goodgame said: "I had the same call this morning but from a number in Maidenhead."
Juliette Carter commented: "I had this before Christmas and asked the girl the name on my account. She kept changing the subject so I hung up and blocked the number."
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