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Amazon Issues Alert For Prime Day Scam Amazon Issues Alert For Prime Day Scam
Amazon Issues Alert For Prime Day Scam Prime members are being urged to stay vigilant following a new scam warning by Amazon as its annual Prime Day event gets underway. Prime Day is often used by scammers as cover for phishing attempts and impersonation fraud. It runs from Tuesday, July 8, through Friday, July 11. The company says fraudsters are increasingly targeting shoppers with fake emails, texts, and phone calls that appear to come from Amazon.  The goal: to trick users into handing over personal or financial information. In many cases, the messages create a false sense of urgency, such as a problem with an ord…
Get Ready: Prime Day 2025 Is Bigger, Smarter, and Just Days Away Get Ready: Prime Day 2025 Is Bigger, Smarter, and Just Days Away
Get Ready: Prime Day 2025 Is Bigger, Smarter, and Just Days Away Amazon Prime Day 2025 is shaping up to be the most expansive shopping event the retail giant has ever staged. Set to launch at 12:01 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, July 8, and continuing through Friday, July 11, this year’s edition isn’t just longer—it’s smarter. For the first time, the annual event will run a full four days, giving Prime members across the U.S. and more than 20 other countries more time and more ways to shop. One major twist? AI is now officially in your cart. Amazon is rolling out Rufus, its AI-powered shopping assistant, for his first-ever Prime Day, and he’s not just tagging alo…
Amazon Speeding Up Deliveries To Thousands Of Smaller Communities: Here's How Amazon Speeding Up Deliveries To Thousands Of Smaller Communities: Here's How
Amazon Speeding Up Deliveries To Thousands Of Smaller Communities: Here's How Amazon is aiming to expand its fastest forms of delivery to thousands of rural communities and other underserved areas. The online retail giant has launched its latest effort to expand same-day and next-day delivery to more than 4,000 smaller communities by the end of 2025, the company said in a news release on Tuesday, June 24. It's part of Amazon's $4 billion investment to triple the size of its delivery network by 2026. The move hopes to cater to shoppers further away from big-box stores who face limited product choices and slower delivery windows. "Everybody loves fast delivery," …
Amazon Deliveryman Struck By 74-Year-Old Driver On Prime Day Amazon Deliveryman Struck By 74-Year-Old Driver On Prime Day
Amazon Deliveryman Struck By 74-Year-Old Driver On Prime Day An Amazon deliveryman was struck by a car while crossing a residential street in Fair Lawn -- and on Prime Day, no less. A 74-year-old Paterson resident was driving the 2013 Honda Civic that struck the 27-year-old worker from Sussex on quiet Pomona Avenue shortly before 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 12, Police Sgt. Sean Macys said. The victim, who was wearing a safety vest, sustained a head injury and some scrapes, the sergeant said. He was taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson by the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Macys said. An investigation was continuing, he sa…
NJ Amazon Warehouse Worker Dies During Prime Day Bonanza: Officials NJ Amazon Warehouse Worker Dies During Prime Day Bonanza: Officials
NJ Amazon Warehouse Worker Dies During Prime Day Bonanza: Officials A New Jersey Amazon fulfillment  center worker died during the two-day Prime Day bonanza last week, officials confirmed. Little information was known about the worker's death at the EWR9 fulfillment center in Carteret, as initially reported on Twitter by HuffPost reporter Dave Jamieson. The two-day mega-sale began Tuesday, July 12 and ended Thursday, July 14, during which the company offers exclusive deals, making it a particularly busy week. OSHA's Avenel Area Office has opened an inspection and investigating the incident, OSHA spokeswoman Leni Fortson said. The agency has up to six …
Amazon Prime Day Set For Two Dates This Fall Amazon Prime Day Set For Two Dates This Fall
Amazon Prime Day Set For Two Dates This Fall Amazon Prime has designated two days in October as "Prime Day," rolling out savings in all of its purchase categories and offering $10 in credit to those who buy merchandise from select small businesses selling on Amazon.  Prime Day, which will span through two days from midnight on Tuesday, Oct. 13 until Wednesday, Oct. 14, will also include deals for name brands like  Panasonic, Roborock, Keurig, Under Armour, Coleman, Simple Joys by Carter's, Adidas, Lacoste, Marvel and Ticwatch. “In the midst of an unprecedented year, we’re committed to making this the most successful Prime Da…
Amazon: Prime Day 2018 Breaks Record With More Than 100M Products Sold Amazon: Prime Day 2018 Breaks Record With More Than 100M Products Sold
Amazon: Prime Day 2018 Breaks Record With More Than 100M Products Sold Despite a few hiccups early on, Amazon is reporting that its latest Prime Day sale has been its most successful yet, breaking records. Amazon’s website and app malfunctioned early on this week’s annual blow-out sale, but the company still managed to surpass all prior sale records in its 24-year history, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. In total, more than 100 million products were sold during the event, which ran for 36 hours, beginning at 3 p.m. on July 16. “Sales this Prime Day surpassed Cyber Monday, Black Friday and the previous Prime Day, when comparing 36-hour periods, …