There’s an email purporting to be from Amazon, claiming that a product has been canceled and the recipient needs to take action by clicking on the link inside the email. If a user clicks on the link inside the email, it will redirect the user to a malicious web site that has the ability to install a Trojan without the user’s consent or knowledge.Amazon Product Cancelation Scam

These Trojans are known to install a rogue antivirus programs that falsely alerts and reports security threats on a user’s computer. These rogue and or fake security programs are distributed for the purpose of stealing your money by scamming users into purchasing a license copy in order to remove the fake threats.

Actual Email

Dear Customer,

Your order has been successfully canceled. For your reference, here’s a summary of your order:

You just canceled order 14-436-9161 placed on May 2, 2012.

Status: CANCELED

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By: Janet Cook

Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
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Thank you for visiting Amazon.com!

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Amazon.com
Earth’s Biggest Selection
http://www.amazon.com

The site is currently blocked and quarantined by the host company for the following reasons;

  • Spyware
  • Hijacking
  • Sites spreading virus, Trojans, spyware, etc.
  • Threats for servers:  exploits, fake identities/agents, DDoS attackers, etc.
  • Threats to mobile devices
  • Data Harvesting
  • The spread of Malware

If you receive an email like the one above, please mark as spam and delete it immediately.

The site has a poor reputation by the Web of Trust community. To learn more about the sites reputation, visit the link below.

http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/counterpunchdrugstoremeds.com