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Aweber Spam/Scam Email, Anybody Recieved This Yet?

by Gdetonator
5 replies
Hey guys...

I just got this weird email from acclaimed aweber.com but I'm not really sure the email is from Aweber.

The email is titled: "Your Aweber account has been flagged"

From: Aweber Security Department "miket@aweber.com"

And the email reads....

Here at Aweber we take our customers security seriously.

According to our daily reports we believe that someone with a different IP was trying to access your account without a valid permission.

our security system has detected an unusual activities on your account earlier,

for your own security we flagged this case to be high risk.

In order to solve this problem and establish a new secure environment on your account,

please follow the instructions in our secure hosted web by clicking the link below

http://www.awebercomplaints.com/users/flsa_reset_aff_password.htm?ra9tocp3n2vg3xq2r7s8ha apqhhh&email=myemailaddress@gmail.com&action=reset password
we usually give a maximum of 7 days to our customers to respond to our security warnings

if no action will be taken from your side in the next 7 days your account will be temporary deactivated for future.


if you believe you are receiving this message by mistake please contact our account security department
for more information regarding this case


AWeber Communications, Inc
Account Security Department
Mike T
MikeT@Aweber.com
What really got me thinking was the link and yes, the link did have my email address inside it but it was a cloaked link, the actual link was: AWeber Reset Customer Password

This got me worried then I decided to use incorrect details to test out their page and when I submitted it expecting an error message. I got a success message.

I even went into aweber and searched "flsa" in their knowledge base but found nothing

So, I think this is a spam/scam email and they maybe out there trying to steal your logins, I'm emailing Aweber now to confirm this but until I get a reply, it's best to stay safe if you don't give them your aweber login details.

just a heads up ^^
#aweber #email #recieved #spam or scam
  • Profile picture of the author Landro
    there's another post by a warrior named garyv who talks about this spam/scam. check out his thread... he advises you that if there's a problem, logging into aweber will give you that information.
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    The domain in the link "awebercomplaints.com" should have been another giveaway I think. If there was a problem with your account, you would have been taken to a page on the main aweber domain name. As a matter of fact, maybe the domain is illegal (trademark infringement?) and you can report it...
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    It sounds like a phishing attempt to me. Aweber should be able to confirm that at their support email.
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  • Profile picture of the author nicheblogger75
    Definitely a phishing attempt. You'd dlog into your Aweber account, and then the scam artist would have access to your list, and would either steal it or send out a broadcast with his/her own affiliate links.

    I have had email broadcasts go out on two occassions that I did not send. Each time I changed my password. The second time, I made my password like 12 charachters and it contained letters, numbers, and symbols.

    That's what I'd recommend you do no matter if you're hacked or not. It's never a good idea to use any actual words in your password.
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  • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
    Definite phish. Tom would never let anyone near the customer-facing email system with grammar that horrible.

    For more: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...oof-email.html


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