BELLINGS

Amazon shopping assistant now helps users check if a message is a scam

Amazon has unveiled a new tool in the fight against fraudsters, enabling US customers to ask Alexa for Shopping to verify whether a message, email, phone call, or text actually came from the retail giant.

Amazon has unveiled a new tool in the fight against fraudsters, enabling US customers to ask Alexa for Shopping to verify whether a message, email, phone call, or text actually came from the retail giant.

BELLINGS Intelligence Score: 8

Why it matters

Amazon's new scam-checking feature for its shopping assistant is a routine product update with limited direct impact on credit markets or financial professionals' core activities.

Sources