Your Amazon Account got Locked? How to Unlock it [Easy Guide]

Fix Amazon account issues by contacting the Amazon support team

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Amazon may lock the seller account if it detects any suspicious activities from the account. When trying to sign in to your Amazon account, you may encounter theYour account has been locked for security purposeserror.

This isn’t the only issue, many reportedAn unknown error has occurred on Amazon. However, we covered that one in a separate guide.

If you are also locked out of your Amazon account, this article is needed. We have listed a couple of troubleshooting steps that you can perform to get your Amazon account unlocked.

What are common Amazon account issues that can occur?

How do I fix the Amazon account being locked for security purposes?

1. Upload documents directly

Alternatively, you try visiting the Amazon website and adding items to your basket, and you should get the same message.

2. Contact Amazon

Alternatively, you could use one of these two numbers:

3. Contact via email

Amazon will send an email to your address to let you know that your account has been locked and you cannot access it for the reasons mentioned.

Once you have read the email, reply directly to the Account Specialist’s email with the requested details for account verification.

In case you have not received the aforementioned email, proceed with the next step.

Daily, several resellers or drop shippers get their accounts locked. However, most of the time, Amazon reinstates the account after verifying the billing details.

Keep in mind that there’s aAmazon security text scamgoing around, so be vigilant while trying to fix your account issues. If you detect suspicious messages,report the phishing scamsimmediately.

Did you manage to fix this problem? Let us know which solution you use.

Your Amazon Account got Locked? How to Unlock it [Easy Guide]#

What are common Amazon account issues that can occur?#

How do I fix the Amazon account being locked for security purposes?#

1. Upload documents directly#

2. Contact Amazon#

3. Contact via email#