Like many consumers, I shop at Amazon.

And like many consumers, I often get emails that try to trick me into clicking.

My shopping habits and a con artist’s attempt to fool me collided late last month. How I figured it out, and what could have happened, are good reminders for us all.

My family needed some items that I could have purchased locally, but it would be a few days before I could hit a store. So I went to Amazon and added the items — toothpaste, dryer sheets, deodorant and tape — to my shopping cart.

When I tried to log in, my password wasn’t accepted. I double-checked to make sure I was on the real Amazon and not a fake. There was nothing funky about the URL, so I continued.

I went through the password reset process — something we should all do more often even though it’s a

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