888-265-8005

This is a scam phone number. Do not call it. You will be charged for the call.
It is a few X AOL support employees from India that are phishing for your credit card information. Do not ever give out your credit card information or any other information about you or your family and friends. There are terrorist still around that would like your information as well.. Use your head. If it doesn't seem right it most likely isn't

This scam is still active!  Received a phishing email this month, July 2011, with this same phone number.

Received the following message this evening - 8/5/12.  Thanks for posting the scam alert message - just want everyone to know that it is still active.
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Welcome to AOL Customer Support

Dear AOL Member

Contact us now!
E-mail your questions
Call us at 1-888-265-8005

It has come to our attention that your AOL Billing Information records are out of date. That requires you to update the Billing Information. Failure to update your records will result in account termination. Please update your records within 24 hours. Once you have updated your account records, your AOL session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Failure to update will result in cancellation of service, Terms of Service (TOS) violations or future billing problems. You must click the link below and enter your login information on the following page to confirm your Billing Information records..

Thank You

i got the same message just now.  thanks for the heads up and it is a scam for sure ok

I received the same type of message,, unbelievable as it's 4 YEARS after the initial post. When I saw the message, it just didn't make sense so I "googled" the phone number and saw all of the warnings. Thank you!
Moral of the story: never click on any link or attachment in an email if you're unsure of its validity and check it out!

Here's the message:
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Welcome to AOL Customer Support

Dear AOL Member

Contact Us    
Have a question regarding your AOL account?


Contact us now!

E-mail your questions
Call us at 1-888-265-8005
Dear Valued Member,

Have you noticed? AOL's got a great way to manage your FREE Update benefits – all in one place!

As an AOL member, You need to Update your AOL Webmail profile.

mybenefits.aol.com

Update Your Profile Account

not only do you have unlimited access to AOL mail, but you also have other FREE benefits you can manage at mybenefits.aol.com including AIM, AOL Video and more.

Thank you for being a valued AOL member.
Click here to update your account

Here's what I recv'd by e- mail today, July 14,2013. This scam is alive and kickin. Obviously fake, but wanted to report it for the sake of all.

Welcome to AOL Customer Support

Dear AOL Member

Contact Us    
Have a question regarding your AOL account?


Contact us now!

E-mail your questions
Call us at 1-888-265-8005
Dear Valued Member,

Have you noticed? AOL's got a great way to manage your FREE Update benefits – all in one place!

As an AOL member, You need to Update your AOL Webmail profile.

mybenefits.aol.com

Update Your Profile Account

not only do you have unlimited access to AOL mail, but you also have other FREE benefits you can manage at mybenefits.aol.com including AIM, AOL Video and more.

Thank you for being a valued AOL member.
Click here to update your account

Here is what I received today.  I stupidly followed the directions including giving them my cell phone number.  Now I don't know how to undo any of this:

Dear AOL Member

Contact Us  
Have a question regarding your AOL account?


Contact us now!

E-mail your questions
Call us at 1-888-265-8005

 
 Dear Valued Member,

Have you noticed? AOL's got a great way to manage your FREE Update benefits – all in one place!

As an AOL member, You need to Update your AOL Webmail profile.

mybenefits.aol.com

Update Your Profile Account

not only do you have unlimited access to AOL mail, but you also have other FREE benefits you can manage at mybenefits.aol.com including AIM, AOL Video and more.

Thank you for being a valued AOL member.


Click here to update your account  

Contact AOL directly and ask them what, if anything, they know about this e-mail.  If they are not involved then ask them to  change your information .

Thanks, Nan.  I did contact AOL and am waiting for a response back from them.  I also just changed my AOL password.

Good for you.  There only seems to be one rule of thumb these days and that is to n ever give any information to anyone who 'phones.  The only thing to do if they claim to be a legitimate company is 'phone .that company back using a number you can trust.
It's sad that you can't trust anyone these days.

I agree.  It is so sad.  Thanks for your input.

Got this email from "aol" today Sept 3, 2014. Thanks for helping me figure out its a farce.  I got suspicious when the email address who sent it to me was "info@gate.com" and their name was "Daily".  

Customer Support

Dear AOL Member

Contact Us    
Have a question regarding your AOL?


Contact us now!

E-mail your questions
Call us at 1-888-265-8005
Dear Valued Member,

Have you noticed? AOL's got a great way to manage your FREE Update benefits – all in one place!

As an AOL member, You need to Update your AOL Webmail profile.

mybenefits.aol.com

Update Your Profile99- /

not only do you have unlimited access to AOL mail, but you also have other FREE benefits you can manage at mybenefits.aol.com including AIM, AOL Video and more.

Thank you for being a valued AOL member.
Click here to update

Received this email from "AOL" today.  Scam is still active.  This is just one of the many AOL scams that I receive daily that phish for info.  I wish that AOL would do something about this!


Welcome to AOL Customer Support

Dear AOL Member


Contact Us  

promo image goes here  Have a question regarding your AOL?


Contact us now!  
• E-mail your questions
• Call us at 1-888-265-8005

 
 
Dear Valued Member,

Have you noticed? AOL's got a great way to manage your FREE Update benefits – all in one place!

As an AOL member, You need to Update your AOL Webmail profile.

mybenefits.aol.com

Update Your Profile

not only do you have unlimited access to AOL mail, but you also have other FREE benefits you can manage at mybenefits.aol.com including AIM, AOL Video and more.

Thank you for being a valued AOL member.




Click here to update

Email including this phone number received today
Subject: Termination of account
Sender: info@mtn.com

Text:
Welcome to Customer Support

Dear AOL Member

It has come to our attention that your AOL Billing Information records are out of date. That requires you to update the Billing Information. Failure to update your records will result in account termination. Please update your records within 24 hours. Once you have updated your account records, your AOL session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Failure to update will result in cancellation of service, Terms of Service (TOS) violations or future billing problems. You must click the link below and enter your login information on the following page to confirm your Billing Information records..

Thank You

You mention mtn.com.     The Domain is registered in South Africa and looks as if it could be associated with an energy business.        Hacked?    Avoid...... yup.

This scam is still going on. I recieved this email today. I did not respond , immediately logged into my aol account and checked all my billing info and everything is correct. I also remembered AOL stating that they never ask for account or credit card info via email.

This is the email I received which is identical, word for word, to the emails others have recieved.

Subject: Termination of account
Sender: info@mtn.com

Text:
Welcome to Customer Support

Dear AOL Member

It has come to our attention that your AOL Billing Information records are out of date. That requires you to update the Billing Information. Failure to update your records will result in account termination. Please update your records within 24 hours. Once you have updated your account records, your AOL session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Failure to update will result in cancellation of service, Terms of Service (TOS) violations or future billing problems. You must click the link below and enter your login information on the following page to confirm your Billing Information records..

Thank You

Just received this email January 2016. If this is a known scam, as it surely is, then why is it still active?  I didn't call the number, so maybe it isn't an operating number. How has this continued aii there years??? I know AOL is free so, who is still paying for it to fall for this?????

January 2016 - same email received - thanks for posting all the scam info - I got one from PayPal too - they said aol and PayPal will NEVER address you as dear member or dear customer - just one red flag to look out for!

Just received the same email

Same E-mail scam