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A New Text Scam Uses Amazon Recalls as Bait—Here’s How to Spot It You receive a text. It says Amazon has issued a critical recall for a product you recently purchased and urges you to click a link to arrange a refund. It seems legitimate, even urgent. But before you tap that link, you need to know this is a widespread and convincing new scam. ...

That Urgent Amazon Recall Text? It’s Probably a Scam If your phone buzzes with a message warning that an Amazon product you bought is being recalled and you must act immediately, your first instinct might be panic. Before you click, take a deep breath. Scammers are aggressively exploiting this fear with a sophisticated text message phishing campaign, impersonating Amazon to steal personal and financial information. ...