Amazon job scam texts are spreading again with a new twist

A text lands on your phone offering a remote Amazon job you never applied for. The work supposedly takes about an hour a day and pays as much as $600. Sounds amazing, right?

We recently received one of these messages. It claims to come from "Lauren Whitmore from the Amazon Remote Recruitment Team" and says Amazon merchants need help with quick "product refreshes."

There is only one problem: the offer has scam written all over it. Here's how this latest Amazon job scam works, the red...