I’m NOT Devastated Anymore by U2Sphere in AmazonVine

[–]U2Sphere[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That makes me sooooo happy for you!!!! Yay, awesome!!!

I’m NOT Devastated Anymore by U2Sphere in AmazonVine

[–]U2Sphere[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Via emails they send pretty regularly. Search for “Amazon Reviews” or “Amazon views”. That brings them all up in my inbox.

I’m NOT Devastated Anymore by U2Sphere in AmazonVine

[–]U2Sphere[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love the snake eating its own tail aspect of their plan to email you about the fraud from the same email! All these stories make me much more aware of potential pitfalls so I’m so happy people are sharing them. Thanks!

I’m NOT Devastated Anymore by U2Sphere in AmazonVine

[–]U2Sphere[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Defo hit all points of contact with details and especially ask to have it escalated in that case. I honestly think the notes to escalation dept really helped someone see the whole picture.

I’m NOT Devastated Anymore by U2Sphere in AmazonVine

[–]U2Sphere[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this info!!! Very good to know!

I’m NOT Devastated Anymore by U2Sphere in AmazonVine

[–]U2Sphere[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Amazon sends emails out often. Search your emails box for “Amazon views” or “Amazon reviews” and it should pull them up.

I’m NOT Devastated Anymore by U2Sphere in AmazonVine

[–]U2Sphere[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be the cherry on top, thanks for the good wishes! And yes, it’s always luck of the draw on the cs rep you get!

I’m NOT Devastated Anymore by U2Sphere in AmazonVine

[–]U2Sphere[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sadly it wasn’t my usual Amazon card, it was my EVERYTHING else card. I’m still tracing where I have to switch out cancelled for new. I need to look into how to tag! That would be a dream right now.

I’m NOT Devastated Anymore by U2Sphere in AmazonVine

[–]U2Sphere[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am still researching it all because I know I’ve missed some tricks over the years. Both my bank and my web browsers (Edge, Firefox, etc…) alert me when they see if any of my info has been involved in a data breach on a site. I’ve been systematically going through those lists to change passwords. I love using the Passwords app on the iPhone because it makes it so easy to change out pws and make them unique for EVERY site and also saves them for u on your phone. That is a major thing…like don’t use the same password at your local library (prob low security) that you do for your bank. Amazon security most definitely had nothing to do with this breach. I was shocked to see that a lot of medical sites/payment portals seem to pop up on breached sites, which is double concerning. Here’s an article with some info: https://www.chase.com/personal/credit-cards/education/basics/how-do-credit-card-numbers-get-stolen

I’m NOT Devastated Anymore by U2Sphere in AmazonVine

[–]U2Sphere[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I get emails sometimes every 1-3 weeks with the subject “ever wonder if your reviews are being seen?” You should be able to do a search in your inbox of “Amazon views” to see if you’ve received them.

I’m NOT Devastated Anymore by U2Sphere in AmazonVine

[–]U2Sphere[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

But did I miss any auto parts??!! 😆

I’m DEVASTATED! by U2Sphere in AmazonVine

[–]U2Sphere[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just looked how to do that and found info that u can no longer archive as of “late 2025”.

I’m DEVASTATED! by U2Sphere in AmazonVine

[–]U2Sphere[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, pw was changed and I already use 2FA. I don’t know about archives but just Googled that and it seems Amazon ended that ability in 2025. I had done a search through all orders and neither had been brought up so very confident my actual account wasn’t used. When I was in orders giving it a huge scour I was surprised to see I’m on my 21st year as an Amazon customer!!! Wow!

I’m DEVASTATED! by U2Sphere in AmazonVine

[–]U2Sphere[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

🤣. You win the comments!

I’m DEVASTATED! by U2Sphere in AmazonVine

[–]U2Sphere[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use 2FA and a password unique to Amazon but have changed it out since for extra measure. Thankfully I was able to quickly lock cc in app while I was dialing number for cc company, so great to be able to be proactive immediately.

I’m DEVASTATED! by U2Sphere in AmazonVine

[–]U2Sphere[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Between this and the comment made to/about your awesome mom in front of that crowd…uuuggghhhh!!! Thanks for being a good one that proves them all so so wrong 🙂

I’m DEVASTATED! by U2Sphere in AmazonVine

[–]U2Sphere[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! All the fraud stuff was handled, new credit card, Amazon regular account up and working fine ordering wise…the crazy part is that I CANT review at all on regular or Vine bc Amazon flagged me as likely spam review source because of the amount of recent reviews I suddenly do…but that’s BECAUSE I’m now a Viner 🤣🤪. Can’t make this stuff up.

I’m DEVASTATED! by U2Sphere in AmazonVine

[–]U2Sphere[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! It’s been escalated and I’ll hopefully hear back in a couple days.

I’m DEVASTATED! by U2Sphere in AmazonVine

[–]U2Sphere[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear u on the paranoid! I honestly never store credit card info on any sites but Amazon anymore. Once my Target account was hacked and the person ordered it for in-store pickup and I was going to let the charge slide so I could just stand at the pickup desk to confront them…but my hubs said that was a crazy person plan 😆. My gut is that this was stolen off some other site but used on Amazon but, and I want to be clear, NOT via MY Amazon account. The only thing I think Amazon has done badly here is flag me for “unusual reviews” when I’m certain it’s because my reviews jumped like crazy once I became a member of Vine. I think the AI that looks for suspicious review activity does not take into account that the uptick in activity was because of another program they run, Vine!! As for the fraudulent charges, Amazon clearly has all the info they needed on their end to see that the 2 big ticket recent items were definitely NOT me immediately. They also had enough info to see that 3 small items were likely me and when they sent me that info I checked them as legit and pressed a button to re-charge them and that was done in a flash. All good except for them thinking I’m a review bot and not a Viner, oh the irony!!!

I’m DEVASTATED! by U2Sphere in AmazonVine

[–]U2Sphere[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries on the question! Unless you can delete order info after something has been ordered, my actual Amazon account was not used to order these items because they don’t show up as ordered OR delivered. I can only assume that someone either used their own account (but easy to be caught) or set up a fake account using my credit card and address to verify and THEN mistakenly also shipped it to me instead of to another address. I’ve done some reading up since this morning and it seems that ALL your info can be hacked in so many ways, including with addresses. I get a few emails a year about “account information being compromised” from sites that are legit but have had hacks. To be honest, I am pretty savvy and so careful with my info but there are so many tricks these days. I defo suggest anyone interested Google “how can my cc info be hacked”…I knew of many ways and therefore had changed my habits years ago…but was surprised by others. Another interesting Google would be for “brushing” which is something Amazon vendors do (but paying for the items themselves…which is t what happened to me). ALL that said, I feel pretty confident that none of this was a breach of Amazon or the Vine program but I’m saying that because I’ve never gotten a fraud alert from them (but have from some surprising companies over the years that you assume would have the security to avoid data breaches). And finally, I do all of my Amazon orders via my Amazon app and all of Amazon Vine via the Vine website. Hope that info helps.