Amazon warns millions of users about rising scam attempts disguised as account issues, urging simple steps to secure personal and financial data.

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Update, July 19, 2025: This story, originally published on July 17, has been updated with additional information from Amazon regarding account attack trends following a warning emailed to 220 million ...

Amazon is the largest e-commerce platform in the world, with over 300 million active customers around the world. Given the huge number of users, Amazon takes various measures to prevent abuse of its ...

If you’ve suddenly noticed that your Amazon account is showing up as an Amazon Business account, you might be confused about how it happened and what it means. Many users don’t even realize they’ve ...

Few other companies are as present in everyday life as Amazon. This makes it all the more shocking when suddenly the login no longer works, strange orders appear or the account is even blocked. In ...

Visit the Amazon website in the browser and log in. Under Cards & accounts, choose the debit card you want to remove from your account. The card's information appears on the right. To confirm your ...

Returning items to Amazon is easy, but there are always exceptions. Here are four things the retail giant will not take back. Then again, there’s likely some stuff around your house that Amazon, ...

PayPal allows you to shop from thousands of online shops and e-commerce websites without sharing your personal payment information, like your credit or debit card. However, a few retailers don't ...

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The following instructions will show you how to close or delete your Amazon account. After processing, a confirmation notification of deleting your account will be sent to your registered email to ...