{"success":true,"data":{"id":"fake-aws-free-tier-expiration-iam-rotate-lure","label":"Fake AWS free-tier expiration + IAM credential rotation lure — email impersonates AWS Billing / Support, claims the free-tier expires in 24-72 h with a large pending charge, directs to a fake AWS console to \"rotate IAM credentials\" or \"verify account.\" Security Boulevard Jan 2026 \"Phishing at Cloud Scale\"; THN Dec 2025 IAM-crypto-mining chain; AWS Jul 2025 free-tier model change seeds Q2-Q3 2026 expiration-phish wave. Distinct from fake-cloud-compute-budget-lure (budget-alert framing)","description":"Email impersonating AWS Billing or AWS Support claiming that the recipient's AWS free-tier benefit is expiring in 24-72 hours (or has already expired), often attaching a large pending dollar charge, and directing the recipient to \"verify their account,\" \"rotate IAM access keys,\" or \"re-authenticate the root user\" through a fake AWS console page that harvests credentials. Security Boulevard January 2026 reported \"Phishing at Cloud Scale: How AWS is Abused for Credential Theft\"; The Hacker News December 2025 traced an IAM-to-crypto-mining chain beginning with a credential-harvesting AWS console lure; AWS's July 2025 free-tier model change created a predictable wave of genuine expiration notifications that attackers can mimic, seeding Q2-Q3 2026 phishing campaigns. Scored +3 (not +4-5) because real AWS billing emails share vocabulary (charges, IAM, console) — the three-cluster composite (brand + free-tier-expiry + IAM-rotate CTA) with no In-Reply-To keeps the false-positive rate bounded. Distinct from `fake-cloud-compute-budget-lure` (budget-alert framing, not free-tier expiry). Fires when all three clusters are present from a sender not on the @amazon.com / @amazonaws.com official allowlist.","tier":"danger","category":"scam","isThin":false}}