Well, do you work for Amazon and have you talked to HR? In general, yes, it’s possible they paid you too much. No, you can’t just keep the money.
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Do you work at Amazon?
MyPigWhistles on
If you worked for them in December 2025 and they overpaid you: probably not a scam.
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Balorat on
ask your supervisor/boss at Amazon, don’t use the number on that letter, regardless of what they’re writing there.
For me as a layman it sounds strange that they don’t tell you why exactly you allegedly have to pay money back. Though I also find it strange that they use “du” in an official letter, but maybe that’s Amazon policy?
LopsidedBottle on
The letter looks unprofessional (using the “Du” instead of “Sie” form, and the writing style does not fit for professional German in general – “Wir verstehen, dass die nziellen Umstände unterschiedlich sein können” does not really make sense.). The signature by a “Service Manager, Data Management” for an HR issue seems a bit odd as well. Also, assuming you did not wait several weeks to ask that question, there is a long gap between the date in the letter and its delivery date, which leads to a very short deadline (ending on Easter Sunday). This is something a scammer would do.
So there are a couple of red flags, but even legitimate letters are not always professional. So it is hard to say for sure.
Visible-Ear-4581 on
Few weeks ago I came across similar scams. They send you letter with DHL or big company logo like Amazon and ask you to pay. Even customer care number on letters is owned by scammer. That’s why I said ask Amazon. But if you work at Amazon then just ask your supervisor or anyone from salary department. Do not call on number from letter or any email.
JudgementMaker123 on
Did you work for Amazon? If yes, contact HR but not through the number in the letter.
And if you were overpaid, you can’t just keep it.
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kriechentod1 on
I dont work for Amazon, but once my company overpaid me for around hundred euros, they sent me an email that next paycheck would be lower. In another EU country I had similar situatiin and they did the sane. So its odd that they are asking for you to send somethink as such. Better contact your HR (NOT the phone number in that letter) and ask them directly.
NicoWayne2 on
This, my friends, is a prime example of a nonfunctional TikTok brainrot user.
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Dechsaa on
Scam. German too bad in that writing
leoll_1234 on
The number loooks like the one posted on their official HR channels. Probably legit
trixicat64 on
looks fishy:
1. no proper letter head and footnote. Most companies have a default layout, where a lot of stuff to contact them is listed.
2. unformal du
3. overpayment for a 25th Dec. Basically impossible, as this is a public holiday.
Also the wording is off, nobody would write “Umstände”
“einbehalten” kann only used to withhold money, not to get money back.
Also why would a service manager or data manager doing HR stuff.
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Do you work for Amazon? Dude, ask your HR?!
Well, do you work for Amazon and have you talked to HR? In general, yes, it’s possible they paid you too much. No, you can’t just keep the money.
Edited version:
Do you work at Amazon?
If you worked for them in December 2025 and they overpaid you: probably not a scam.
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ask your supervisor/boss at Amazon, don’t use the number on that letter, regardless of what they’re writing there.
For me as a layman it sounds strange that they don’t tell you why exactly you allegedly have to pay money back. Though I also find it strange that they use “du” in an official letter, but maybe that’s Amazon policy?
The letter looks unprofessional (using the “Du” instead of “Sie” form, and the writing style does not fit for professional German in general – “Wir verstehen, dass die nziellen Umstände unterschiedlich sein können” does not really make sense.). The signature by a “Service Manager, Data Management” for an HR issue seems a bit odd as well. Also, assuming you did not wait several weeks to ask that question, there is a long gap between the date in the letter and its delivery date, which leads to a very short deadline (ending on Easter Sunday). This is something a scammer would do.
So there are a couple of red flags, but even legitimate letters are not always professional. So it is hard to say for sure.
Few weeks ago I came across similar scams. They send you letter with DHL or big company logo like Amazon and ask you to pay. Even customer care number on letters is owned by scammer. That’s why I said ask Amazon. But if you work at Amazon then just ask your supervisor or anyone from salary department. Do not call on number from letter or any email.
Did you work for Amazon? If yes, contact HR but not through the number in the letter.
And if you were overpaid, you can’t just keep it.
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I dont work for Amazon, but once my company overpaid me for around hundred euros, they sent me an email that next paycheck would be lower. In another EU country I had similar situatiin and they did the sane. So its odd that they are asking for you to send somethink as such. Better contact your HR (NOT the phone number in that letter) and ask them directly.
This, my friends, is a prime example of a nonfunctional TikTok brainrot user.
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Scam. German too bad in that writing
The number loooks like the one posted on their official HR channels. Probably legit
looks fishy:
1. no proper letter head and footnote. Most companies have a default layout, where a lot of stuff to contact them is listed.
2. unformal du
3. overpayment for a 25th Dec. Basically impossible, as this is a public holiday.
Also the wording is off, nobody would write “Umstände”
“einbehalten” kann only used to withhold money, not to get money back.
Also why would a service manager or data manager doing HR stuff.