Amazon job scam texts are spreading again with a new twist

A text lands on your phone offering a remote Amazon job you never applied for. The work supposedly takes about an hour a day and pays as much as $600. Sounds amazing, right?

We recently received one of these messages. It claims to come from "Lauren Whitmore from the Amazon Remote Recruitment Team" and says Amazon merchants need help with quick "product refreshes."

There is only one problem: the offer has scam written all over it. Here's how this latest Amazon job scam works, the red flags to watch for and what you can do to protect yourself.

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AMAZON RECALL TEXT SCAM COMES WITH RED FLAGS

The message says your "background" makes you a good fit for a "stress-free, task-based remote position." Yet there is no explanation of how this supposed recruiter found you. There is no job posting either. Instead, the text lays out an unusually generous offer:

Finally, it says applicants must be at least 23 and tells you to text "More Info" to a separate phone number. That combination should immediately raise questions.

Here is where the pattern becomes hard to ignore. A July 2026 BBB Scam Tracker report describes someone claiming to represent Amazon's Remote Recruitment Team. That message offered 60 to 90 minutes of work per day, four days a week. It also promised $100 to $600 daily and included the same unusual $5,300 base-pay figure.

The similarities keep going. The reported message promised 15 to 20 days of paid leave, claimed only 18 positions were available and asked people to text "More Info" to another phone number. You can see the BBB Scam Tracker report at bbb.org/scamtracker/. We have covered . However, this latest message caught my attention because a remarkably similar version has been reported recently through BBB Scam Tracker. The names and phone numbers change, but much of the sales pitch remains almost word for word.

Other reports show scammers swapping out the recruiter's name and contact information while keeping the basic offer intact. That tells you something important about these campaigns. The specific sender can change very quickly.

We reached out to Amazon about the recruitment message we received and asked whether the company is aware of these impersonation attempts and what consumers should do if they receive one.

An Amazon spokesperson told CyberGuy:

"Scammers that attempt to impersonate Amazon put consumers at risk. We will continue to invest in protecting consumers and educating the public on scam avoidance. We encourage consumers to report suspected scams to us so that we can protect their accounts and refer bad actors to law enforcement to help keep consumers safe. Please visit our help pages to find additional information on how to identify sca