Staying Safe with Amazon Online

Amazon sent us this in a personal email. We think its valuable information as the busy shopping season approaches, and decided to share it with these tips to help recognize impersonation scams - when a scammer pretends to be a trusted company and reaches out to try to get access to sensitive information like personal or financial information, or Amazon account details.

Tips to help stay safe:

 

• Always use the Amazon mobile app or website for all your shopping needs, including customer service, account changes, delivery tracking, and refund status.

• Remember, Amazon will never ask you to make payments or to provide payment information (including gift cards or wire transfers) for products or services over the phone.

• Consider setting up 2-step verification when available to your online accounts to help prevent unauthorized account access. You can set up 2-step verification at amazon.com/2SV.

• Save time and stay secure using a passkey. It’s a safer way to sign in than using passwords and it works with the same face, fingerprint, or PIN you already use to unlock your device. Set up a passkey at amazon.com/passkey.

• Scammers might try to create a sense of urgency to persuade you to do what they're asking. Be careful any time someone tries to convince you that you must act now.

Example impersonation scam tactics that you could receive:

 

• Fake messages claiming to be about delivery or account issues.

• Third-party social media posts and ads with deals that seem too good to be true. 

• Shop directly on our website or mobile app for authentic offers.

• Messages through unofficial channels asking for your password or payment information.

• Unfamiliar links asking you to verify your account credentials through fake or phishing websites. Amazon will never send emails asking customers to verify their account credentials.

• Unsolicited phone calls claiming to be from tech support or other agencies.

Visit amazon.com/scams to learn how to identify and report scams, access resources for scam prevention, and understand Amazon's efforts to protect customers from fraudulent activities.

Fast Hands Drum Studio Releases New Drum Book

“At the height of the pandemic, I was speaking to a drum student via Google Meet about learning how to play a drum roll,” explained Cameron Bock, owner and author of the Fast Hands Drum Studio. “My student, who practiced regularly, took up the drums as a stay-at-home activity during the Covid shutdown. While demonstrating how to bounce the drumsticks over video chat, I realized the need to dust off an old document that my drum teacher and grandfather once wrote for his students.” 

“This short 10-page document is a drum method concept that my grandfather began pioneering in the late 1970’s,” he continued. “He called it ‘Fast Hands for Drummers in 30 Minutes a Day’, and it is a series of short exercises designed to help the reader receive the most benefit from their practice session in the least amount of time."

As Cameron dusted off this old exercise manual from what he calls his tallest bookshelf, he realized this was a gold mine of information for his students at Fast Hands Drum Studio. The exercises written in this 10 page document held the most unique and efficient techniques for mastering a drummer’s bounce. With a little fine-tuning, and some 21st century magic, this classic exercise booklet is now available with expanded techniques to every drummer through access to the internet.

Mastering Your Drumstick’s Bounce is a comprehensive drum method book that guides the drummer through distinct exercises with the intent of gaining control of their drumstick’s bounce. The bounce that is developed while practicing this book will help drummers perfect their drum rolls, play in a more relaxed manner, and move fluidly across their drum set.

These rare exercises that were drafted in a small drum studio 50 years ago and are now again available to every percussionist. So, all drummers looking to develop their hands to play as fast and as relaxed as possible, pick up your copy today on Amazon.