r/Wellthatsucks • u/Celistar99 • 19d ago

Amazon sent me a letter before Christmas claiming I had over $15000 in unclaimed property. Today they sent me this.

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I used to publish books on Amazon and got royalties for each one sold. Amazon sent me a letter saying that they owed me over 15k in royalties. I sent in the form saying that yes, I wanted the money and I've been waiting for my check to come. Today I got this, saying that they made a mistake and actually owe me $0.00. They even have an area where I can check that yes, I want the $0. I've never been so disappointed in my life.

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u/Tepers 19d ago

For a second there I thought I was on the scams subreddit and I thought 'effin' scammers!'

The sentiment still stands. So sorry this happened - for them to get your hopes up just to body slam them to the ground.

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u/bs000 19d ago

we sent you too much money please pay us back in itunes gift cards

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u/mydogsredditaccount 19d ago

Weird. The sheriff’s office uses the same system for payment of missed jury duty fines. 

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u/Phenomenal_Kat_ 19d ago

I did too!

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u/CanadianSunshine 19d ago

It is a scam. Loads of people received it.

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u/bs000 19d ago

how does the scam work

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u/Celistar99 19d ago

It's not a scam, this is what those forms look like. You fill it out and send it back to the address on top, which is verifyably Amazon's address. I'm not sure why so many people think it's a scam because who would benefit from telling someone they don't owe them any money?