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Spam or real?

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Topic: Spam or real?

Posted By: oskrypuch
Subject: Spam or real?
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2024 at 6:01pm

Apparently from Tom Harper, but a bunch of odd urls to click (which I didn't) ...

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Customer eBulletin

February 7, 2024

New MyAvidyne.com Portal Now Live

Avidyne has launched a new MyAvidyne Portal that provides useful tools for both Customers. The address is the same, MyAvidyne.com.

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Posted By: Toadpilot
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2024 at 10:28am

I am also wondering if this is phishing or a real email from Avidyne.

Jeff Hullinger

1964 Piper PA-30 N97VP

IFD550/IFD440/EX500/AMX240/

RDR2100/GMX345/GDL69A/

SKY497/STEC60-2/G5 AI/G5 HSI

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Jeff Hullinger
1964 Piper PA-30 N97VP
IFD550/IFD440/EX500/AMX240/
RDR2100/GMX345/GDL69A/
SKY497/STEC60-2/G5 AI/G5 HSI

Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2024 at 12:24pm

The other thing that is suspicious is that the domain is "myavidyne.com" rather than a subdomain, such as "my.avidyne.com".

That said, I actually do have a saved log in to myavidyne.com, so that domain at least, is likely real. Not sure about the rest.

Sad, that we have to be so careful these days!

* Orest

Posted By: AviSteve
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2024 at 4:10pm

It's real. We've reworked MyAvidyne and the new domain really is myavidyne.com.

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Steve Lindsley
Avidyne Engineering

Posted By: vancinad
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2024 at 4:24pm

The yucky-looking URL's are for click tracking. Common marketing tool, but Keap is a name I'd not heard before. (https://www.keap.com)

Posted By: Toadpilot
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2024 at 4:41pm

Thank you very much for the clarification. Very hard to tell these days what is real and what is phishing.

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Jeff Hullinger
1964 Piper PA-30 N97VP
IFD550/IFD440/EX500/AMX240/
RDR2100/GMX345/GDL69A/
SKY497/STEC60-2/G5 AI/G5 HSI

Posted By: MikeS
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2024 at 9:17am

I have a whole webinar on this that was linked in the bulletin:
https://youtu.be/BvB0FfrkGhA?si=eT_d00mgRgrPYHun

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Mike Salmon
Technical Marketing Manager
Avidyne Corporation

Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2024 at 12:21pm

So, looks like it is more for new installs/warranty kind of stuff.

My warranty expired some ten years ago ... ;-)

* Orest