Dear John Hansen,

 

This is an important message from Amazon.com

 

As a precaution, we've reset your Amazon.com password because you may have been subject to a "phishing" scam.

 

Here's how phishing works:

 

A scam artist sends an e-mail, which is designed to look like it came from a reputable company such as a bank, financial institution, or retailer like Amazon.com, but is in fact a forgery.  These e-mails direct you to a website that looks remarkably similar to the reputable company's website, where you are asked to provide account information such as your e-mail address and password.  Since that web site is actually controlled by the phisher, they get the information you entered.

 

Go to amazon.com/phish to read more about ways to protect yourself from phishing.

 

To regain access to your Amazon customer account: