Warning - "AOL E-mail Support Specialist New Oath" Phishing Scams
Cybercriminals are sending out fake "AOL E-mail Support Specialist New Oath" emails to potential victims, in an attempt to trick them into clicking on malicious links in the same emails. The malicious links go to phishing websites that steal visitors' email or online account credentials, by tricking them into signing in.
Sample of the "AOL Oath Terms of Service and Privacy Policy Change" Phishing Scam
From: New Oath - cavcljcckc@comcast.com
Subject: AOL E-mail Support Specialist New Oath
Date: 10 July 2018 at 08:50:31 BST
Reply-To: cavcljcckc@comcast.com
We have a new unified Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Dear Member,
AOL FINAL WARNING
We emailed you last month to let you know about changes we are making to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. These changes are key steps towards creating what's next for our consumers, like you, while empowering them with transparency and controls over how and when their data is used.
You can learn more about Oath and what these policies mean for you here, as well as more about the changes in our FAQs.
In order to continue to access your AOL Mail account after 10 July 2018, you will need to confirm you accept the Terms of Service. We also need a few moments of your time to explain how we manage your data and provide you with some choices in relation to the processing of that data.
Click here to start.
If you do not want the new Terms of Service and Privacy Policy to apply to you, you will no longer be able to access your account from 10 July 2018 . If you would like the contents of your email account, you may obtain a copy of your data by clicking here.
Thank you for your time and cooperation.
Oath
Privacy Policy
Verizon, AOL and Yahoo users who want to view the Oath's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy change, may view it at the following link, instead of clicking on links in an email message:
And, Verizon, AOL and Yahoo users who have already been tricked by the phishing email are asked to change their passwords before their accounts are hijacked and used fraudulently.
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