While logging into my Prime Media service I received a message on my TV that I needed to call a 1-800 number to get authorization to continue. I called the number and after a few questions they authorized the log in and my Prime Video went on okay. While talking to me they offered me a 3 year extension to my Prime account at a very good rate. I didn't want to give financial info over the phone so I asked to pay with PayPal. In the email I received a PayPal invoice for Prime Media which contained a link to PayPal to pay the invoice. The link did indeed take me to PayPal where I logged in and paid the invoice. When my Prime account did not change I called Amazon customer service and was told that this was a new kind of scam which they were just learning about and that the people that interrupted my Prime Video log in on my TV had nothing to do with Prime Video and that I should contact my financial institution. I filed a claim but received this response from PayPal that "we've determined there was no unauthorized use. Based on our review, we found this transaction is consistent with your PayPal payment history." The Seller Info on the Prime Media invoice gave a domain name of primemedia.com which is not even a valid domain name. How could PayPal allow them to invoice me through them and why would they not be responsible? What could be "consistent" with my PayPal payment history about this?
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