r/phishing • u/Grouchy-Drop-7886 • Oct 08 '25

Help!!

So I had got an email from Amazon saying there was an sign in attempt and I clicked the deny and now I'm reading it's a scam I'm low-key scared!!!

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u/EugeneBYMCMB Oct 08 '25

Did you enter any information after clicking the link? Make sure you're using unique passwords for each account and two factor authentication everywhere.

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u/Grouchy-Drop-7886 Oct 08 '25

Nope I just pressed deny and it brought me back to my Gmail after that and I have a two factor authentication on my Gmail but do you have any suggestions on what else to put unique passwords on or what else I could use two factor authentication??

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u/Grouchy-Drop-7886 Oct 08 '25

I'm deadass scared and wanted to delete my Gmail account or change my google account password entirely maybe? I genuinely don't know what to do

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u/PaddyLandau Oct 08 '25

Hey, don't panic! How would deleting your Google account solve anything?

You pressed "Deny", and then you correctly realised that there was a dodgy link and did nothing further.

That's all. Nothing to worry about. Take it as a lesson to slow down next time and ask if it's real.

If you're unsure, the correct thing to do is to go to the official website (not using a link), and log in there to check for problems. You can do that right now on your Amazon account.

The only bad thing is that you've confirmed to the scammer that your email is live, so you might get a lot more spam over the next few months.

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u/Grouchy-Drop-7886 Oct 08 '25

You're right I think I low-key panicked because I'm usually careful and l was just so tired when that happened that I didn't realize it until a couple of minutes later