PSA: Amazon's shopping AI can now tell you if that message is a scam

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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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2026-09-02 14:56 · TechCrunch AI
PSA: Amazon's shopping AI can now tell you if that message is a scam

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