Amazon Cancellation of Order Email

A few days ago, I received an email claiming to be from Amazon telling me that my order has been successfully cancelled. A few more days later I received two more emails. I don't mind receiving such email if I indeed placed an order on Amazon. But sadly, I haven't and I haven't even accessed my Amazon account in a while.

I ain't new to such kind of phishing or suspicious email so I asked Big G about it and yes I'm right! The email is indeed fake and Amazon has even warned its users about it.

Here's the email:

Dear Customer,
Your order has been successfully canceled. For your reference, here's a summary of your order:
You just canceled order 137-3511-446 placed on May 11, 2012.
Status: CANCELED

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1 "Bermuda"; 2005, Second Edition
By: John Bailey
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
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Thank you for visiting Amazon.com!

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Amazon.com
Earth's Biggest Selection
http://www.amazon.com

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And here's another version:

Dear Customer,
Your order has been successfully canceled. For your reference, here's a summary of your order:
You just canceled order 131-7265-3466 placed on May 3, 2012.
Status: CANCELED
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1 "Darkroom"; 2006, Special Edition
By: Ronan Murphy
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
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Thank you for visiting Amazon.com!

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Amazon.com
Earth's Biggest Selection
http://www.amazon.com

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Here's the warning from Amazon:

Is This E-mail from Amazon?


You may sometimes receive a scam e-mail from someone pretending to be Amazon. This message is called a "phishing" e-mail. Often the e-mail contains links to a website that looks like Amazon.com but isn't controlled by us. The website may ask you for your Amazon username and password or try to install unwanted software on your computer in an attempt to steal your personal information or access your computer. The message may also include attachments, which typically contain unwanted software called "malware." If you received a message like this but just deleted it, your information and computer are safe.


We take your security and privacy very seriously. Since the information obtained through a phishing e-mail may later be used to commit fraud, we'd like to help you learn how to tell these types of messages from real messages that come from Amazon and how to protect your system.