Be Careful With Your AOL Billing Information!

I just got another spam email asking me to "update" my AOL billing information! I knew that this was a spam message right away because AOL has said time and time again that they will NEVER ask for one's billing information. One of the biggest giveaways of this particular spam email is that it asks you to verify your credit card information! When you get an email that says this you should feel a warning flag go up.

However if you want to make sure that this is not a valid email but am wondering if it was sent from AOL you should contact AOL directly and not click on the link that appears in the email that was sent to you.

Unfortunately a lot of scammers are making a lot of free money by scamming people this way!

Be Careful Of These Kinds Of Emails!

Dear AOL Member,

This confirms that your AOL payment method has been updated to reflect the new information you provided. You can make payment method changes at AOL throughout your monthly billing cycle if you decide that a different payment method would better suit your needs. Please note however, that the billing method on record at 10:00 AM EST on your billing cycle date will be the one used to process your account charges.

You can access America Online`s secure, self-service Billing Center by going to-->AOL Billing Center. Here you can review and modify your AOL account information online, anytime.

Please Remember: If your account information is not updated within 48 hours then your ability to use your AOL account will become restricted!
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For security reason all links in this message will be blocked within 48 hours *********************************************************
Sincerely,
Member Services
AOL, LLC.


Please be advised that this is NOT a legitimate email from AOL! For one thing the blue link provided DOES NOT go to a legitimate AOL site! It goes somewhere else!

If you're an AOL member and you ever get an email such as this DO NOT CLICK ON ANY OF THE LINKS PROVIDED!. If you have a doubt about the email then you should go directly to AOL's official site only!

Phishing Or Spam?

Here is yet another email attempt to get your AOL log-in and password information:

Dear AOL Member,

It has come to our attention that your AOL Billing Information records are out of date. That requires you to update the Billing Information. Failure to update your records will result in account termination. Please update your records within 24 hours. Once you have updated your account records, your AOL session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Failure to update will result in cancellation of service, Terms of Service (TOS) violations or future billing problems. You must click the link below and enter your login information on the following page to confirm your Billing Information records..
Thank You

http://webmail.aol.com/

If you put your cursor over the blue link you would see that the link provided doesn't even go to an official AOL page!

You should be very careful when you get email like this. AOL says that it does not ask its users for their password information!

If you are worried that there may actually be something wrong with your AOL account - my suggestion is that you either call them on the phone or only log in via one of their official websites!

Be Sure To Watch Out For This Kind Of Illegitmate Email!

Here is a copy of an email sent to an AOL member:

Welcome to AOL Customer Support

Dear AOL Member

Contact Us

Have a question regarding your AOL account?

Contact us now!

E-mail your questions: Call us at 1-888-265-8005

It has come to our attention that your AOL Billing Information records are out of date. That requires you to update the Billing Information. Failure to update your records will result in account termination. Please update your records within 24 hours. Once you have updated your account records, your AOL session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Failure to update will result in cancellation of service, Terms of Service (TOS) violations or future billing problems. You must click the link below and enter your login information on the following page to confirm your Billing Information records..

Thank You


Click here to update your account

Of course the link that was provided did not go to any offical AOL site that I know of!

If you are an AOL member and you get this kind of email in your email box, DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK that is included with that email. Contact AOL DIRECTLY!.

AOL has said itself that their staff will never ask you for your log-in information!

AOL Subscribers Have To Be Very Careful!

There are always numerous attempts by "scammers" to get your AOL information. For example here is a recent email sent to an AOL member:

Dear Valued AOL member,

In an effort to keep our records up to date, please take a moment to verify that your contact information on file is correct. You can update your information online anytime at AOL Keyword: My Account or on the web at bill.aol.com

If you wish to discuss your account with a billing consultant online please visit AOL Keyword: Get Billing Help.

Once you have updated your account records your AOL session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal . Failure to update will result in cancellation of service, Terms of Service (TOS) violations or future problems.

Sincerely,
Member Services
AOL LLC

This is NOT a legitimate email from AOL!

AOL itself says that they will never ask you for your password or log in information!

So if you get this email please be advised that it is not a legitimate email from AOL!

Is This Another Attempt At A Scam?

Here is a copy of a recent email that I got:

Your AOL Billing Information records are out of date.
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Sent from the Internet (Details)
Internet Address Card Attached

Welcome to AOL Customer Support


During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification procedures, we have detected a slight error in your account information.

This might be due to either of the following reasons:

1. A recent change in your personal information ( i.e.change of address).
   
   
   
2. Submiting invalid information during the initial sign up process.
   
   
   
3. An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due to an internal error within our processors.

Due to this, we require you to confirm and verify your account information by clicking the link below:

Click here to verify your account

If your account information is not confirmed and verified within a certain period of time then your ability to access your account would become restricted.

Thank you
This is an automatic message. Please do not reply.

Contact Us
Have a question regarding your AOL account?

Contact us now!

E-mail your questions
Call us at 1-888-xxx-xxxx

Now the first thing that I did was to put my cursor over the blue link to see the url of the link. There was "AOL" included in the link but my mind still said no. One of the reasons why this "warning" bell went off is because legitimate AOL email has a different kind of icon.

So I think that it is another attempt at "phishing" whereas you get an email that looks legitimate but it really is not.

If you are unsure about any email that asks you for your personal or password information you should NOT click on the link that is provided.