Possible scam from Germany
I have today received a physical letter, posted and purporting to be from Amazon.de, asking me to pay by bank transfer the grand sum of 12.99 + 3,00 decline fee, due to my direct debit been unsuccessful.
I have no idea as what I am supposed to have failed to pay for. It gives a ref that makes no sense.
I am assuming this is a scam as my card on Amazon.de is all in order. Just wondering if others have received such a letter. It had my name and address correctly written on the envelope — even my middle initial, but did not address me by name in the letter.
Any thoughts welcome.
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Seller_EJIX7rqDNQJi2
Please check your Amazon Germany Seller Central to see if there is any negative balance or performance notifications. If not, then the communication which you received is most likely a scam attempt.
Seller_n33KwLeg9XOvi
@Trout can you scan and post here a copy of the physical letter? edit out your personal data
Seller_hC0hNVDuILaKO
I am assuming that there are bank details attached to that letter for you to transfer the requested sum to?
If so, then since this IS a scam would it not be wise to contact the fraud dept of the bank concerned and let them know of this situation?
You have realized that this is not genuine, but how many other people, whether Amazon sellers or otherwise, might fall for this?
Seller_Nprc5XWvdLYk9
have you ever bought anything on amazon.de as a customer?
it might be connected to that as opposed to your seller account activity?
Seller_hLdYxXkRx4wdd
Thanks to everyone who has responded to my OP>
I’ve been doing some digging over this matter. Thought I would add some details to what I said in my OP. I did not make it clear in OP, but t his concerns my buyer account; I am not a seller on Amazon.de, though I do buy books via it fairly regularly…
Digging in my trash folder, I found an email over the same matter that I must have immediately have suspected as scamming. But.in this one, the transaction in question was itemised, and it was indeed for a book I had purchased. Going into my Amazon/de buyer account and looking at the transaction, it does indeed say method pf payment opted for as direct debit.
I did not know Amazon accepted direct debit — and besides, the seller whom I purchased the book of wold not have sent me the book (Which I have now received) if he had not received payment? SO to see the last four digits of my bank account listed as the DD method is a mystery.
Does anyone have any idea how that could happen? All of my other orders on Amazon.de have the credit card I always use with as the means of payment. There are no other payment methods on file with them.
It’s all by and by. As I said before, CS says I owe nothing. It worries me because of what I have written above about the payment method given for this one order. Any ideas? A rogue employee?
Seller_AJESum8MeHQmw
One suggestion. Check your list of direct debits using online banking. If you have somehow ever set one up with Amazon, it will show.
