“If you receive a message about the purchase of a product or service,” the retail giant says, “do not respond to the message or click on any link in the message; instead, log into your Amazon account ...

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Amazon has begun warning users more clearly that certain shopping behaviours can put their accounts at risk of being blocked.

Few other companies are as present in everyday life as Amazon. This makes it all the more shocking when suddenly the login no longer works, strange orders appear or the account is even blocked. In ...