PSA: Amazon’s shopping AI can now tell you if that message is a scam
Reported by TechCrunch · techcrunch.com · September 2, 2026
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.
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