Apr 7, 2015
Same as other callers, received call from a man with a very thick accent said he was calling from Amazon Verification Department to verify I had placed the gift card orders and gave me the last 4 #s of the cc used and asked for me by name. The only reason I answered was because I had time to check this forum and see it was Amazon, I literally was on chat with Amazon regarding the gift cards at the exact moment they called. Normally gift cards are received within 5 minutes of order being placed at this point it had been over 5 hours. Gift cards were for $500 & $300, once I verified with the man I did place the orders he said it would take 2 minutes to receive the gift cards by email and sure enough here they are 2 minuets later.
The account I purchased the gift cards from are not under my name and my phone number is not listed however my credit card is on file with this account so I assume they got the information from my credit card company or they have an actual verification system to prevent fraud. It makes sense, account is not in my name but my card was used so they need to verify.
My recommendation is to answer the call because as a few other people noted they found out someone has been committing fraud on amazon with their credit cards.