"Claimed to be from Amazon and wanted to connect wirelessly to my phone to cancel an order which I'm not aware of."
Amazon calls
187 community reports tagged Amazon across 180 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Amazon are steady: 16 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 20.5 reports a week.
When people report it
Wednesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 56% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
99% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is Amazon Scam.
Numbers used
Reports tagged Amazon cover 180 different numbers. 120 of them were first reported in the last 30 days, so a number you have not seen before can still be part of the same pattern.
Reports over time
Reports per day over the last 30 days. Reports per week over the last 12 weeks. Red weeks had at least double the usual volume. Reports per month over the last year.
How people rate these calls
- Spam 93 · 52%
- Suspicious 85 · 47%
- Unknown 2 · 1%
- Safe 0 · 0%
Most common call type: Amazon Scam
Busiest days
All reports by the day they were submitted.
Time of day
When reports are submitted, UK time.
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Night 12am to 6am 1
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Morning 6am to 12pm 67
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 101
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Evening 6pm to 12am 11
Latest reports
"They claimed to be from a company Claimed that I spent £800 for apple gift cards on my Amazon account"
"Mentioned suspicious activity wanted account deatils said orders had been places last night from America said from Amazon"
"Message went to answer machine advising money had been taken from my account for Amazon purchases."
"Claimed to be from Amazon and said they were trying to stop an iphone that had been ordered to be shipped to USA"
"Automated/robocall Claiming to be Visa Security linked to transactions on Amazon."
"Left me this message "This call is from Visa security department. Your card has been charged with 799 pounds from Amazon, press 1, to report, this transactions immediately, and speak to our customer support.""
"Left me this message: "This call is from Visa security department. Your card has been charged with 799 pounds from Amazon, press 1, to report, this transactions immediately, and speak to our customer support.""
"I had two calls today from this number. Both times an automated voice left a message saying there has been transactions from your bank to Amazon and Zoom for £700+ from your account. This is unusual activity. If you want to stop this transaction press 1…, press 2 if…..’ Obviously a scam. There was no mention of who was calling, who they wanted to speak to, what account it was etc."
"Claimed to be from my bank and detailing supposed unusual transactions on my account- £99 from Amazon, £249 from a business name I didn’t catch. Wanted me to ring back in order to cancel these transactions. Same old, same old scam."
"Automated voice stating 2 large amout of money taken from my bank account, amazon and zoom. I hung up immediately. This is the second time in 2 or 3 weeks that they have called me."
"Claimed to be from Amazon fraud department"
"said from AMAZON"
"Claimed to be from Amazon - then sent a whatsapp wanted me to click on a link"
"claimed to be calling from Barclays about a high value card payment that had been blocked on Amazon"
"Claimed to be from Amazon, "Problem with your order", items purchased apple laptop, giftcard."
"Claimed to be from Amazon. Automated message mentioned an order for over £700. No such order was placed by me and also checked my Amazon account."
"Mentioned suspicious activity said my account had been charged £800. I don’t use Amazon!"
"Claimed to be from Amazon asking to confirm purchase of iPhone 16"
"They claimed to be from Amazon customer support about an unothorised purchase. Claimed to be from Amazon"
"Claimed to be from Amazon, asked where to cancel or proceed with and order i havent made."
"They claimed to be from Amazon re suspicious activity on my account"
"Claimed to be from Amazon . Stated there was a problem with a recent Amazon order for apple iPhones that could not be delivered unless an additional security payment was made. The caller was female, oriental sounding voice, polite and there was the sound of a call centre in the background. She initially stated good evening ... When the time in the UK was early morning"
"They claimed to be from Amazon - didn't buy it so hung up"