Got an email that says I should update my aol account or have my account be locked if I dont. I followed the link to an unsecured site: http://64.23.124.124/aol.com/ssl/bill_form.html
At first glance, how legitiamte does this site look?
Well it was made using Frontpage and right click is disabled. I wouldn't trust it. You could always just call up AOL and ask if there is a problem with your account.
Last edited by kaptainkrollio : Dec 27th, 2004 at 07:28 PM.
its way fake try clicking on all the links on the bottom you get rediected. you should report it to aol to top them from robbing old people
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Got an email that says I should update my aol account or have my account be locked if I dont. I followed the link to an unsecured site: http://64.23.124.124/aol.com/ssl/bill_form.html
At first glance, how legitiamte does this site look?
Scammers are getting pretty smooth.
Was the small mail icon on the right of your mail box blue? If it wasnt dont trust it.
Also AOL will never ask you in an email for your account information.
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hot chicks aren't going to be like...."hey i think i'm tired of these buffed guys on stage with big dicks and shaved balls...but wow, check out that fat balding nerd with hair coming out of his turtleneck sitting in the corner there...mmmmm"
Thats what I get when I go to the actual billing center. Have a lil fun with them, and send some false info. Hell I think all of us should spam the crap out of that site.
No reputable company will EVER ask you for sensitive information via email, EVER. They will ask you to enter a secure (look for the HTTPS: at the beginning of the URL and a little lock icon in the bottom right, if you have IE). Second, looking at the domain, it is a website with a folder that is called aol.com that has another folder called ssl, that should be a tip-off. Then, they are using their IP address, why not DNS take care of it? This and the tinyurl tatic is used by phishers and spammers and the adultfriendfinders of the world. But that is not 100%, a lot of eBay spoofs use VERY similar looking pages.
Also send that link to the IFCC, that's the FBI', go federal on thier ass, they will track that shit down, although they may be limited on juristiction, but everyone is being very cooperative on this shit, so they will get a some of these.
Lastly, don't EVER click on links from websites AND disable the ability to preview email or view images in email, and disable HTML email from sources you don't know. Also start using a "public" email (the one you give to everyone), and a "private" email, this limits the amount of spam you'll get, although your private email may get out, due to virii that send out email from outlook address books. And of course, don't open attachments, unless you are expecting one from a trusted source, when in doubt, verify (I did that with an unexpected attachment from my best friend, he didn't send it, so he knew he had been infected).
Which brings me to my final tip, DON"T USE OUTLOOK EXPRESS AND LOOK FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN OUTLOOK FOR EMAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God, I can't stress this enough. Most virii are built using flaws in MS software, so using something else shields you from a lot of virii. Same goes for IE, use Firefox, better, faster, and doesn't have the activeX and browser Helper object problems that IE does.
Oh yeah, install an anti-virus bishes. Not expensive and well worth it.
If you're gonna use IE, make sure to download Spyware Blaster. Very helpful at keeping out the bad ActiveX controls
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