Why are there S3 request counts if we haven't used S3 before?
My usage record shows S3 request counts, but I have never created an S3 bucket before. Where are these request counts coming from? Do they consume my free request quota?
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Some services make use of S3 buckets which are managed by AWS. For instance, RDS automated backups and snapshots wind up being stored in S3 in a bucket that is managed by the RDS service and is not visible in the S3 section of your AWS Console. But you still pay for (or it falls within free tier) the volume of data consumed by your backups/snapshots, accessing it, etc.
Not saying that the requests in your case are from RDS, just giving it as an example.
Your screenshot shows these S3 requests are for a bucket in us-east-1, which is the region that is home to the AWS Global Services (Route 53, IAM, and so on) https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-fault-isolation-boundaries/global-services.html Is it possible you are making use of one of these services, and that some of its management is using a (hidden) bucket in us-east-1?
Would you be able to check your CloudTrail logs to see if anything is attempting to read a bucket that does not exist? I don't think this is at risk of incurring charges as you get as for 12 months you should be under free-tier. These are also reading as 0 cents instead of $0.005 per 1,000 PUT, COPY, POST, or LIST requests.
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Does canceling AWS Global Services avoid the usage of S3? I wish to use a permanent free service.
You can't cancel a Global Service (that's like saying can you cancel Route 53 or can you cancel IAM), but you can stop using it.
I'm pretty sure it won't be Route 53 or IAM that's responsible for these S3 requests, it may be CloudFront (screenshot shows you're using that). Or it could be some other service that you have running in us-east-1 (if you have any).
Worth bearing in mind that 1,000 PUT, COPY, POST or LIST requests costs half-a-cent https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/ so if you have 4 of them then the charge will be rounded down to zero.