# AWS ERROR: Forbidden - perhaps check your credentials?

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**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** credentials\
**Created:** [October 9, 2021, 5:23am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/aws-error-forbidden-perhaps-check-your-credentials/8353 "2021-10-09T05:23:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 6:38am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/aws-error-forbidden-perhaps-check-your-credentials/8353/2 "2021-10-09T06:38:10Z")

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This came up a few days ago and it was a policy thing in AWS. It might be worth double checking this.

> [@AWS SNS send message error](http://community.n8n.io/t/aws-sns-send-message-error/8220/5):
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> Did you attach a policy rule giving that user access to AWS SNS?

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