“Dear AOL Customer” email Threat Level:

“Dear AOL Customer” email is a classic phishing email. This “Dear AOL Customer” email says your AOL billing information needs to be updated, and links to a scam webpage that tries to trick you into giving con artists your AOL login info, your social security number, and your credit card.

If you accidentally log into the site the “Dear AOL Customer” email links to, you’ll give con artists a chance to steal your personal identity. If you’ve logged into any sites that this “Dear AOL Customer” email links to, alert your bank and credit card companies. You probably need to close your accounts.

Whenever you see an email like this “Dear AOL Customer” email, never click any links. If you’re concerned the email might be real, type AOL’s website address into a fresh browser window, and login from there.

Let me show you how to block a “Dear AOL Customer” email.

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