How to protect yourself from scammers during Amazon Prime Day NBC 6 South Florida [Video]

Amazon Prime Day is one of the biggest online shopping events of the year. Scammers know this, so they’re looking for ways to connect with you as you shop for deals.

An Amazon spokesperson told NBC6 that they take steps to protect customers from scams and that during shopping events like Prime Day, they tend to see a rise in impersonation scams, which involve a scammer pretending to be a trusted contact to ask for payment or sensitive information.

The Better Business Bureau of Southeast Florida says phishing emails or text messages are one way scammers can try to do this.

“What they do is copy logos and copy a lot of the marketing materials that Amazon puts out and put them into an email,” said Cinthya Lavin, a spokesperson for the BBB of Southeast Florida. “They want to bait people and just really impersonate Amazon. So you have to be really careful …