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I got an email this morning from Amazon.com providing me with an access code to my account. This is the type of code used in two-factor authorization.
But the thing is... I didn't try to log into my account this morning. And I haven't set up two-factor authorization on the account.
If I didn't set that option up, I'm trying to figure out why I would get such a code sent to me. It would seem someone was able to get into my account.
Change your password and make sure you have 2 step verification. Make sure that the password is unique. That IS someone trying to get in.
Thanks. I ended up calling Amazon and they said the same thing. They also told me I should pay attention to my email to see if I see anything else strange. I changed my password I added the 2 step verification. I changed my password on my email as well.
I am feeling a bit suspicious about how someone got my email address (needed to log into amazon). I have various alias email addresses that all link to the same account. That particular address is only used for online shopping. I wonder if another site that I shopped at got hacked somehow.
I also got an email from Amazon with a sign-in code on 10/16. I, too, called Amazon and was told that someone had probably tried to log in to my account from a different device than the one I usually use. Since I have only a desktop computer (no iPad, laptop or smartphone), I guess anyone's trying to log in to my account from anywhere else would trigger such an email.
Afterward, I googled it and found that you may get the email with a sign-in code not only if someone tries to log in as you from a different device but also if you try to log in from a different browser.
Edited to add that I knew the email had actually come from Amazon because I was able to verify the email address and also because I checked out the header.
I am feeling a bit skeptical about the on-line shopping I did recently, right before this happened. I bought things on-line at Target, Kohl's, and Old Navy. I'm wondering if that is how someone got my email address to try on Amazon.
There is no way to know, though but I feel better now that I have added two-factor authorization on my Amazon account.
Since this happened to both you and me, KittenSparkles, in the morning of the same day, I'm wondering if there was a hiccup on Amazon's part. Maybe Amazon sent sign-on code emails to lots of its account holders, for no reason.
I was somewhat concerned because the Amazon agent stated that someone must have had both my email address and my password -- and that the sign-on code email was sent only because that person was logging in with a different device that Amazon didnt recognize. But now I'm actually a bit more relaxed in thinking it may have been an Amazon hiccup.
Since this happened to both you and me, KittenSparkles, in the morning of the same day, I'm wondering if there was a hiccup on Amazon's part. Maybe Amazon sent sign-on code emails to lots of its account holders, for no reason.
I was somewhat concerned because the Amazon agent stated that someone must have had both my email address and my password -- and that the sign-on code email was sent only because that person was logging in with a different device that Amazon didnt recognize. But now I'm actually a bit more relaxed in thinking it may have been an Amazon hiccup.
Maybe it was someone trying to phish your Amazon login, in the hope that you'd click the link the link in the email message and log in to their phishing site with your Amazon login.
Maybe it was someone trying to phish your Amazon login, in the hope that you'd click the link the link in the email message and log in to their phishing site with your Amazon login.
No. I'm very well aware of phishing emails. As I already posted, I verified that the email did come from Amazon. I also checked the header to make sure it wasnt from a scammer pretending to be Amazon. The email did not include a link on which to click. It had only the sign-on code to insert in the Amazon page that I already had open.
I have been getting Google emails stating that someone who knows my password has attempted to log in to my account. I tracked it and it's me. Duh Google.
I think it might be because I use different browsers on occasion, but I'm not sure.
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