Hijacked accounts can be misused in various ways: criminals might attempt to borrow money from victims' contacts, hijack other accounts via the "restore password" function, send deceptive messages to other people, and so on. Be aware that AOL Mail is a legitimate service/company and has nothing to do with this spam campaign.Ĭyber criminals simply claim to be employees of this company and send thousands of deceptive emails hoping that some people will fall for the scam and enter their account credentials. When users enter their login/password information, the details are immediately saved to a remote server and cyber criminals gain access to their accounts.
Be aware, however, that the link address leads to a fake AOL Mail website containing a login screen. It is also stated that if this is a mistake and the account is not required to be deleted, the user must cancel the entire process by clicking the link provided. "AOL Email Scam" emails state that AOL Mail administrators have recently received an account-deletion request from the user. Criminals send thousands of deceptive email messages stating that users' accounts are about to be "shutdown" and encourage them to cancel the process. Unlike most of these campaigns, which attempt to trick users into downloading/installing malware or sending money to cyber criminals, "AOL Email Scam" attempts to trick them into entering AOL email account credentials. "AOL Email Scam" is another spam email campaign used by cyber criminals.
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