If you’re shopping on Amazon, watch out for this scam

It seems, sadly, that Christmas is the season of scamming.

Over the past few days there have been reports of a Secret Santa scam going around on Facebook, and now it seems Amazon shoppers are the ones being targeted. Thousands of people have been receiving fraudulent emails which has a subject line that reads "Your Amazon.com order cannot be shipped." According to Yahoo, the email in question also asks them to confirm 'certain information' by clicking on a link, adding that they will lose access to their Amazon account and will be unable to place any future orders if they fail to do so. Fraudsters can then use the information you provide to make purchases. Some emails may contain links which are likely to malware and therefore should not be opened. The company said that customers who are concerned about the authentic-seeming scam affecting their orders should ensure the details in the email they receive matches the information under the 'Your Orders' section on the Amazon website. Shoppers should also check whether the email was sent from an Internet Service Provider other than @amazon.com. If not, it is a scam email. Catch up with this week's episode of Football Friday Live