Malwarebytes spoofed?

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

I received an email from an address that induces suspicion to me:
reviews @ yotpo. com
I'm not touching its links until my paranoia is put at ease.

Does Malwarebytes send a request for review with links to:
https; // em. yotpo. com ?
(address and url sabotaged on purpose)

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[David H. Lipman]

Thank you for the query.  However what you provided is just not enough information to go on.  Yotpo could be doing Market Research on its own and have nothing to do with Malwarebytes.

Edited April 8, 2022 by David H. Lipman
Edited for content, clarity, spelling and/or grammar

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

36 minutes ago, David H. Lipman said:

Thank you for the query.  However what you provided is just not enough information to go on.  Yopto could be doing Market Research on its own and have nothing to do with Malwarebytes.

Okay.

Here's (attached) the suspect email in question.

 

 

Edited April 8, 2022 by AdvancedSetup
Removed data for privacy

[David H. Lipman]

Thank you.

There is a lack of information concerning this email like referencing a specific purchase while using a "Full Name".  While it does provide an Opt-Out mechanism, it does not provide a US Postal Address as per the US Can Spam Act.

I will pass the file in .EML format to Malwarebytes to check to see if Malwarebytes has contracted Yotpo to perform "surveys'.

Edited April 8, 2022 by David H. Lipman
Edited for content, clarity, spelling and/or grammar

[AdvancedSetup]

We used to use them in the past. I would ignore it.

If there is something you specifically need or want to provide feedback you can post here or send me a private message.

Thank you

 

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

5 minutes ago, AdvancedSetup said:

 I would ignore it.

 

I will.

Contrary to their alleged claim, I did NOT purchase anything. Hence my suspicion.

Thanks,

EPS

[Porthos]

5 minutes ago, E Pericoloso Sporgersi said:

Contrary to their alleged claim, I did NOT purchase anything. Hence my suspicion.

I was wondering about that since you have been a member here since 2010. Figured unless you bought something new you had what you needed already.😎

[wanderinpilgrim]

Thursday August 11, 2022
I too recieved this request to review MBAM in my gmail inbox, which I wanted to do because I really love bragging on you guys. 

I googled - "does Malwarebytes request Reviews via "reviews@yotpo.com?" and this was the Only conversation I could find on the subject. The email said if I were unable to do the review on the email page, I should go here to submit the review 

 https://landing-pages.yotpo.com/base/#/review?appkey=pddC6TNa3YaS9RbwJIZ4g3cy7imwudCgsC1LipMN&domain_key=mbam-c&email_type=targeted_product_review_request&font_color=051146&header_color=EBF7FE&mail_language=en&outlook=true&review_accept_one_field=true&review_images=true&review_title_required=true&reviewer_token=0f4748cd6212f21a5fba63a3b31ee39700953f34&skip_share=false&stars_color=E7721B&utm_campaign=map_traffic_success_failure_delayed&utm_medium=email&utm_source=map&white_label=full_white_label&submission_type=broken_email  

Virustotal gives it a clean bill of health yet I am still wary.

So for me the question remains - are you guys partnered with this 
reviews@yotpo.com outfit?
If I add the gmail to my spam folder, I do not want to inadvertantly be blocking Malwarebytes from sending me future email.

Sure, I can just delete the email but would rather know that if I did the review - who would it actually benifit.
Please advise,
Thanks

Edited August 11, 2022 by AdvancedSetup
Corrected font issue

[David H. Lipman]

That is legitimate from Yatpo who is contracted by Malwarebytes. I suggest the Opt-Out.