In the past few days I have received two separate text messages that appeared to come from both Amazon and Venmo, telling me that my account was locked because of “multiple failed login attempts to your account.” Each had a link to a webpage where I could “recover my account,” but in both cases, they were scams. Had I clicked on those links and provided my log-in information, the thieves would have had access to my accounts.
I’m immediately suspicious of any messages I get telling me about a lock-out or security issue because they are very often scams. In these cases, I knew for sure, because the weblinks didn’t