Amazon warns its 310 million-plus users of fraud and hacking as Black Friday sale 2025 goes live: How to stay safe

Amazon has reportedly issued a critical security warning to its user base in the US. The company has sent an email to its customers on November 24 as the massive Black Friday 2025 shopping event gets fully underway. In this security advisory, the e-commerce giant urged its active users – estimated to be 310 million as per Forbes – to remain highly vigilant against a surge of fraud and scams targeting online shoppers.

Forbes said that the retail giant becomes a prime target for scammers, hackers and impersonation fraud, and to apprise users of these cybercrimes, Amazon sent an email to its customer base on November 24 cautioning against attacks designed to gain “access to sensitive information like personal or financial information, or Amazon account details.”