View Full Version : AOL scam...BEWARE!



Team2hunt
09-02-2009, 06:46 PM
If you are like me and still use AOL, as your email provider, BEWARE!! I received an email from the "AOL team" today and it stated that they could not validate my credit card and would need me to click here ______. Not thinking I clicked and it brought me to a page that looked real, but every link brought up a pop up and said please enter your credit card information to continue using AOL. Hmmmm......AOL has been FREE for well over a year and the credit card I was using to pay the bill has been defunct for 3 years. Nothing more than another phishing scam!

Delete the email and don't even open it.

WhereRWe?
09-02-2009, 07:31 PM
Hmmmm......AOL has been FREE for well over a year and the credit card I was using to pay the bill has been defunct for 3 years. Nothing more than another phishing scam!
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Sheesh! AOL has been free??? Tell me more! I have an "emergency" AOL account (actually, it's the legacy of my Q-Link account from 25 years ago), that I use when I can't get any other internet access. I think I'm paying $9.95 a month for the privilege of maintaining the AOL account.

brdad
09-02-2009, 07:46 PM
I think an AOL account is free, including site access and email and whatnot, but AOL internet access is not. But I haven't used them for about 15 years, so don't take my word for it.

NativeMainer
09-02-2009, 11:11 PM
Sheesh! AOL has been free??? Tell me more! I have an "emergency" AOL account (actually, it's the legacy of my Q-Link account from 25 years ago), that I use when I can't get any other internet access. I think I'm paying $9.95 a month for the privilege of maintaining the AOL account.


Q-Link??? Wow! There's a blast from the past. I remember that service.

Mainiac1957
09-03-2009, 02:55 PM
I used Prodigy. Basically like beta max in a VHS world..:rolleyes::p:eek:

Ekidokai
09-04-2009, 03:13 AM
I've got one older than that.

Team V3
09-09-2009, 11:01 AM
Hehehe I remember compuserve too. I also remember the days of local BBSs.

squirrelcache
09-09-2009, 11:37 AM
I remember volunteering at a local library so I could hook into the internet through Bowdoin college for research. The internet wasn't graphically based back then and quite boring. BBS...oh wow a blast from the past ;) So then the next step was Compuserve and prodigy at 2,400!!!! And paying per minute of use!!

Ekidokai
09-10-2009, 02:54 AM
Wow, glad I'm not the only one that used that stuff.

Team V3
09-10-2009, 11:45 AM
There used to be a statewide one called TKA. It was a pretty fun time because they were a multi-node BBS where people could talk together and they even had the occasional gatherings/dances. I have often thought about trying to start up an invitation only telnet BBS. It is a possibility but have not had much time to plan it.

robt
09-10-2009, 01:27 PM
:DNow this does bring back memories......... Logging into the university conection to telnet Rutgers and a few other BBS's on the internet, MUDS, and I remember the days when I helped administer a node for FidoNet for the state of Montana. I remember going from 1200 Baud to 9600 Baud and thinking I was almost as fast as conected to the server :) Now I look at 56k dialup and groan when I have to use it...... :D:D:D:D


And I will have to give extra Old Folks points if you know all of the references in that one. :D:D:D

Team V3
09-12-2009, 01:34 PM
MUDS....the true MMORPGs of their day. And I remember being "online" on a commodore 64 with a 300 baud modem. Then stepping up to 1200 and thinking it was hot stuff. :)

Gob-ler
09-12-2009, 05:12 PM
Ah, Commodore 64's and TI99's. Those were the days!

WhereRWe?
09-12-2009, 05:50 PM
Ah, Commodore 64's and TI99's. Those were the days!

I still have both my Commodore 64 and my Commodore 128 - with all peripherals. Sheesh! I remember spending 15 minutes loading a simple word processing program from the cassette deck. LOL!

Double Sheesh! The Commodore 128 had 128 kilobytes of RAM. The computer I just finished building has 8 GIGABYTES of RAM! LOL!

squirrelcache
09-13-2009, 07:04 AM
Doesn't seem that long ago I was working w/a 286 and 20mb HD. Now I have an SD card in my GPS that's 32gig!! My how times change!!

pm28570
09-13-2009, 07:54 AM
At the risk of appearing to "top" everyone's story....:rolleyes:.....One of the first jobs out of school for me was working in a quality control lab of a paper mill. During the process of testing pulp, of course, calculations had to made. Device of choice? Slide rule.

squirrelcache
09-13-2009, 07:58 AM
lol....awesome Paul!! I love technology.....when it works!!! As w/many things in life...best not to rely on something too much. And always good to K.I.S.S.

dubord207
09-13-2009, 08:03 AM
I remember using all 10 toes and fingers.....:)

squirrelcache
09-13-2009, 08:33 AM
Oh come on Dan..........you look like an abacus kinda guy.

firefighterjake
09-14-2009, 07:22 AM
I remember using all 10 toes and fingers.....:)

Being from Waldo County we were always at a disadvantage when it came to math . . . due to all of the hay bailing "incidents" . . . well I should say some of us were at a disadvantage . . . there were some folks who had a distinct advantage when it came to doing math since they had extra toes and fingers . . . a benefit I guess from genetic inbreeding. ;):D And yes, I am kidding and poking fun at my roots.

cano
10-02-2009, 04:42 PM
Why would somebody use AOL even for free? Am I missing something?

Haffy
10-02-2009, 06:26 PM
I'ts an old post so please disregard it. Take a break!!! Not every post here means something....lol

WhereRWe?
10-02-2009, 06:53 PM
Why would somebody use AOL even for free? Am I missing something?

I keep an AOL account as a "backup". If I'm somewhere I can't get internet access by any other means, I can always use dialup to a 1-800 number to get to my AOL account and the internet. It's worked a couple of times for me.

Besides, I've had this AOL (QLink) account for about 25 years, and I'm kinda sentimental...

:D:D

attroll
10-02-2009, 07:18 PM
I keep an AOL account as a "backup". If I'm somewhere I can't get internet access by any other means, I can always use dialup to a 1-800 number to get to my AOL account and the internet. It's worked a couple of times for me.

Besides, I've had this AOL (QLink) account for about 25 years, and I'm kinda sentimental...

:D:D
That is why I own a blackberry.

WhereRWe?
10-03-2009, 06:44 AM
That is why I own a blackberry.

I use a cell phone about 3 times a year, so my cheap TracFone is great for me! LOL!