Take a look at this ? genuine or scam

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  1. Football Agent X

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    [TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][SIZE=-1]Dear Customer,[/SIZE][TABLE="width: 632"]
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    [TD="bgcolor: #006699"][SIZE=-1]What is this all about?[/SIZE][/TD]
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    [TD][SIZE=-1]Every six months Amazon makes integrity checks related to his customers accounts, how they use the account and if the account is still used by the customer. If the customer account is not used for a longer period of time (1 month) it will be disabled of by Amazon Team and then removed in the next two months of inactivity.

    To validate that still use this Amazon account please click the generated link as follows:.[/SIZE]    [/TD]
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    [TD="bgcolor: #EEEEEE"]Sign in to Amazon account[/TD]
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    [TD][SIZE=-1]The procedures to disable and then delete the account acording to the term of use specified in the Terms and Conditions will take place after the link expire. - The verification procedure requires a very short time from the customer.
    - The generated link above is only active for 24 hours.
    If during this period the customer does not make verification account will be disabled until further notice. Thank you for your understanding and apologize for any inconvenience that this may create.

    Amazon Customers Service Team.[/SIZE]
    [HR][/HR][SIZE=-1]Please note: This e-mail message was sent from a notification-only address that cannot accept incoming e-mail.
    Please do not reply to this message.[/SIZE]    [SIZE=-1]© 1996-2016, Amazon.co.uk, Inc.[/SIZE][/TD]
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    I received this this morning, I have my reservations of it & put it in my spam folder. But what do you think? :cool:
     
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  2. Jay

    Jay Well-Known Member

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    scam
     
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    Scam, the poor English is a big giveaway.
     
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    Scam.
     
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    I didn't know Amazon was run by a single person that personally checks all his registered accounts, he must be up all night poor chat. ;)
     
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    Forward it to amazon so they can warn account holders if it is a scam, which it appears to be.
     
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    I never thought of that thank you.
     
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  8. Sta

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    When you get emails like this with links to websites in them, hover with your mouse (assuming you're on a PC or laptop) over the link but don't click it, then look at the address which comes up somewhere on your screen, usually at the bottom. You'll soon see that it's a fake - look closely at the address on your email and you'll see it's http://amazon-co-uk-verification3.fasuseronline.co.uk which is obviously not Amazon's real address.

    I'm not sure how to do this on a phone or tablet, perhaps someone can advise?
     
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  9. Football Agent X

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    Bang on the nose Stahlrost, I didn't know that, so thanks for the tip.
     
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    Genuine scam
     
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    I'd prefer a pat on the back to a bang on the nose, but happy to help anyway.

    My pet subject is scams which are easy to spot, like winning a Range Rover, world cruise or business class flight on Farcebook, just for clicking a Like button. It does my head in that hundreds of thousands of people fall for it.

    This is a useful site for stuff like this http://hoax-slayer.com/
     
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    Scam, also watch out for the paypal one about suspended activity.
     
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    Scam, let Amazon know.
     
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    These people are known as idiots :)
     
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    Definite scam. The best thing to do in a situation where you can't tell and are worried that it might be real is don't click on the link but go directly to the website and log in there. I was worried once about a paypal one that looked VERY realistic (and I have has paypal stop someone trying to take money from me before so I didn't want to risk ignoring it). When I logged into paypal there was no transaction whatsoever so I knew it was a scam.
     
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    Yes I've had one of those ones today
     
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    It refers to Amazon as a he.

    She's clearly had a sex change since she was on gladiators.

    Sent from my I-Oven using the internets
     
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    When I get anything like this I never follow the link. If you are asked to log on the anywhere always do it your usual way.
     
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