aol email adresses

[little graham]

If I was to receive an email from an unknown person using aol, is their anyway i can investigate the name before opening the email? Do people use aol like gmail or msn to send dodgy spam emails?

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[chugginon]

Am interested in any answers. Can't help , having not heard of aol, but will be on the lookout for it now.

 

[Messenger]

Am interested in any answers. Can't help , having not heard of aol, but will be on the lookout for it now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL

AOL were one of the original internet companies. Pretty old hat

 

[chugginon]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL

AOL were one of the original internet companies. Pretty old hat

Thanks . I am pretty old hat too So aol wouldn't be around much then ? Just thinking re the OP, I don't open email that I don't recognise, any way .

 

[little graham]

according to messengers link, it would appear the sender gets his connection from aol and is using email address provided with that service.

 

[radiojake]

had an AOL address when I was 15 -

 

[little graham]

Well, I went to the library and opened it. "hey handsome, I saw you on some dating site last week, here's my number, text me and I'll send you some of my hot picz" the number was an american mobile number.

 

[radiojake]

hot date for graham

 

[little graham]

Thing was i wasn't on a dating site and it was a man.

 

[radiojake]

got an email from an ANZ address saying I needed to log into to verify my account after their systems upgraded...


never had an ANZ account in my life.....

 

[little graham]

Report to the police. Vicpol site will have a section you can do that. Some idiot will open it, another will fall for it. Its because people don't report this shit as to why it is so previliant.

 

[radiojake]

I marked it as a 'phishing scam' which is an option in my email - I assumed that means that the email provider is made aware of it to stop sending more of them out?

 

[little graham]

They are, but police FB pages advertise on a regular occurrence to report scams like yours, where they are trying to fool you out of your bank details.