atv
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I post this here because i recently got AWS renewal emails which looked extremely legit, on the surface at least. It also came from a amazon.com address, which i thought would be sufficient to make sure it's safe. I guess they found or setup a SMTP that allows relay somehow. Ofcourse looking at the raw source there's plenty of servers that are not in the realm of amazon and my suspicions were confirmed when i read this article: https://anspachmedia.com/aws-email-scam/
Ofcourse, there's no confirmation of AWS whois details if you're in the EU (GDPR and all) so it's all nonsense. There's a couple of (really minor spelling mistakes or inconsistent capitalisations going on, with a minor threat of your domain being put on hold. Nothing unusual from the normal ICANN or registrar email. I've had them from dynadot or godaddy as well.
Anyway, as these emails look so real and until there's a way to verify they come from the correct domain (SSL checkmark?) i am just going to logon to the site and check my notifications there. I'm quite used to spam and scams but it's getting way to real.
What's the point of email if you can't trust any of them anymore.
Thanks for your input, i'd love to hear how you deal with this stuff.
Ofcourse, there's no confirmation of AWS whois details if you're in the EU (GDPR and all) so it's all nonsense. There's a couple of (really minor spelling mistakes or inconsistent capitalisations going on, with a minor threat of your domain being put on hold. Nothing unusual from the normal ICANN or registrar email. I've had them from dynadot or godaddy as well.
Anyway, as these emails look so real and until there's a way to verify they come from the correct domain (SSL checkmark?) i am just going to logon to the site and check my notifications there. I'm quite used to spam and scams but it's getting way to real.
What's the point of email if you can't trust any of them anymore.
Thanks for your input, i'd love to hear how you deal with this stuff.