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PSA: Amazon’s shopping AI can now tell you if that message is a scam

Amazon is adding a scam-detection feature to Alexa for Shopping that can verify whether suspicious emails, texts, and other messages actually came from the retailer.

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:28:44 GMT

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