Email asking for something to be changed but no idea what or how to do what's being asked.

Question

Got this email and have no idea what this is wanting as anything i try and do I get an error, saying that every emails i have is associated  with an AWS account.

Hello,

You are receiving this message because we have identified that you are currently using the same email address for this AWS account (as listed in the Subject line) and for additional AWS account(s), which are associated with your Amazon.com account. We strongly recommend that you update the root user email address [1] for this AWS account as soon as possible to separate access to your additional AWS account(s) linked to your Amazon.com account. If you do not take any action by April 10, 2023, we will require you to update your email before accessing this AWS account when you sign in next to your account.

After you have changed the root user email address for this account, you will be able to use it to access your account. At that point, we can finish separating your additional AWS account(s) from your Amazon.com account.

Answer

Hi, first of all, double check the email you received is from AWS. Sometimes the scammers will use this type of emails to get your access details.

You're advised to not to use the root account for day-to-day administration of your AWS resources. Create an admin IAM user for that instead. Pls refer to the best practice https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/best-practices-root-user.html.

Answer

Hi, got similar enquires a few days ago, please check this post: https://repost.aws/questions/QU7wRZoS5HRD-C-d3CXw0DCg#ANUmvRGytQTwGDuqWZ6Fv_HA and if it helped, I’d appreciate if this answer can be accepted so that community can benefit for clarity, thanks ;)

Email asking for something to be changed but no idea what or how to do what's being asked.

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