Claude Shared Chat Google Gift Card Scam

Scam Description

I'm in Australia. On 30 October an email arrived that looked like a shared chat from Claude. The visible From line said Claude, no-reply-claude@mail.anthropic.com. The subject said a purchase of 450.85 USD had been processed, and it told me to call +1 (810) 322-4212. The message was headed "A chat was shared with you". It said the same purchase had gone through as a Google Store gift card, that the charge would show on the bank statement within 48 hours, and to call immediately if it was not me. It said the invite would expire after 30 days. There was an Open chat button. The To line was not an address I use. It showed the domain alloyfell.store. Another line used the address your.order.confirmation.alert at a .store domain. I did not buy a Google Store gift card. I do not owe 450.85 USD. A real Claude chat share does not come with a US phone number and a gift-card charge. Google does not ask you to confirm a gift card by calling a number in an email. I did not call the number. I did not open the chat. I did not type in a card. If one of these lands with you, do not call the number in the message and do not click Open chat. Open Claude, Google, or your bank yourself, from the app or the site you already use. If a gift-card charge you did not make is actually on the card, call the bank on the number printed on the card. Report it to Scamwatch. Anyone who later offers to recover a payment for a fee is another scam.