Caller was from Woot (an Amazon co) and wanted to verify an order I had placed 10 minutes earlier.  If he spoke clear English and better identified himself it would not have raised any alarms.  Order was for $2k so I guess better safe than sorry, but I've place many orders there before and its being shipped to my billing address...

So I got two calls back to back. I didn't answer.  I have some big Amazon orders coming up so I got worried. I called it back and the recording was Amazon. A woman answered and said she was with Amazon. I told her about the calls and she said "unless I had a problem with an order I could disregard them".

I read all these comments and still wasn't sure. I called back. They were very friendly and never asked for private info. I checked my order with my email address. Everything was fine. This is Amazon. But she also assured me they would email if there were problems.

It should be added, I changed some info on my order last night and it's a big order. I bet they were just verifying. Not only do I not think this is a scam, I think it's a safety dept. within Amazon. That's why the average employee does know why they called.

Received voice mail from this # & then looked here before listening.  They called to verify some info regarding a large purchase I made yesterday on amazon.com.  They said they will call back soon.  Seems legit, but will have to wait to see what info they are trying to verify before I can know for sure.

So I received a follow up call/voicemail from an unusual # & I assume it was overseas.  They had information about my purchase yesterday & they were verifying it was legitimate to give me a chance to cancel the order in case it wasn't.  The call back # they left in that voice mail was to Amazon customer service.  So I called that # & they didn't really know that I had been called, but they said it wasn't unusual for there to be a call like this for a high $ purchase.  I gave them to OK for my order & the lady at Amazon said she'd let the proper people know that I called to verify & that my order would be completed shortly.

I understand other people think this has been a sham, but in my experience this was 100% legit & I even am glad they did this.  Even though my credit card wouldn't have held me liable for a fraudulent purchase, doing this saves Amazon & others time & $ by not even completing a fraudulent order.

I received two calls from this # and the first two times, I didn't pick up because I never pick up unknown calls. So I Googled it & found this site. I had placed a large order on Amazon the day before so to find out it might be Amazon calling wasn't that big of a surprise. However, I decided to call Amazon customer service first to confirm & the woman I spoke with said my order was "pending verification" because they wanted to make sure it wasn't a fraudulent purchase PLUS my shipping address was different from my billing. Lo and behold, five minutes after I had called, the 206 # called back. This time, I picked up & they basically just wanted to verify the shipping address & that I was the one who put the order through. My advice: if you're not sure, call Amazon first.