This was sent from ISTG Mailing List and forwarded by the owner of the list. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <JWal648310@aol.com> > To: <PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 11:56 PM > Subject: [PAWESTMO-L] If you use AOL..this is a SCAM.....Beware of this > email.... > > > > Like a dummy, I almost filled out the form and sent it until > > > > Subj: AOL Billing Center - Please Read > > Date: 12/13/00 4:54:06 PM Eastern Standard Time > > From: <A HREF="mailto:AOHelp Sue">AOHelp Sue</A> > > > > Dear member, I want to inform you that your AOL Billing information is out of date. Please click HREF="aol://4344:PP:55001116:10987507,3451685305/I038817343/?:5984/billing.8 3/398823084.658089753/:80">here now</A> here now to resolve this problem. If we do not > > receive your updated information within 24 hours your account will be inactive. > > > > Thanks. > > > > John > > Member Services > > ============================================================ > > If you click on the hyperlink a form will open telling you that your credit card didn't "authorize" your account payment and that you have to fill out another credit card info form.....then they tell you to enter "both" credit > > card" numbers and how much credit is on each one. It said if you didn't, your account would expire at "the end of this business day"....AOL don't > > close:) > > > > Well, I use a "debit" card and there is no credit line:) If it had been AOL, > > they would have known your first credit card numbers....and then it asked for > > my password and I made a copy of it and saved the form....saved the email, > > got offline and used the phone....the rep told me it is not AOL, and to send it to a special email........ > > > > It really looks authentic and I hope this prevents someone from doing what I almost did.......... > > > > ==== PAWESTMO Mailing List ==== > > --part1_c7.494a0cb.276a6ee1_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <jshrum@home.com> Received: from rly-zd02.mx.aol.com (rly-zd02.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.226]) by air-zd03.mail.aol.com (v77.14) with ESMTP; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 12:57:50 -0500 Received: from femail3.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail3.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.0.95.83]) by rly-zd02.mx.aol.com (v77.27) with ESMTP; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 12:57:27 -0500 Received: from ci41816b ([24.18.21.15]) by femail3.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with SMTP id <20001214175600.TEEJ13851.femail3.sdc1.sfba.home.com@ci41816b> for <Ships07@aol.com>; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 09:56:00 -0800 Message-ID: <000a01c065f7$26352b00$0f151218@ci41816b> From: "Jack Shrum" <jshrum@home.com> To: "Patty M. Neumann" <Ships07@aol.com> Subject: Fw: [PAWESTMO-L] If you use AOL..this is a SCAM.....Beware of this email.... Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 12:56:13 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5