How Stupid Do They Think I Am?

I’m not sure what these nitwits are after, but they are targeting AOL AIM users.

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Dear AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) user,

Your AIM account is flagged as inactive. Within the following 72 hours it’ll be deleted from the system.

If you plan to use this account in the future, you have to download and launch the latest update for the AIM. This update is critical.

In order to install the update use the following link. This link is generated exclusively for your account and is available within a certain period of time. As soon as this link is not available anymore you will get another letter.

Thank you,

AIM Service Team

This e-mail has been sent from an e-mail address that is not monitored. Please do not reply to this message. We are unable to respond to any replies.

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I’ve got this one with a multitude of different subject lines, both to AOL and AIM and saying everything from download critical update to telling me my account will be deleted.

First off, folks, if you have an AIM or AOL account, open your account as you normally do, NOT using this email’s link!!!!

One you are logged in look for the help links and they’ll guide you to if there are any updates. In my experience with AIM, they generally tell me when it needs updated as soon as I open it and I can choose to update or not.

Good ways to spot this scammer – most companies tend to send notices to the email they have on file for you. BIG flag there. They also tend to host their updates on their own website, not something that looks like…

http://update.aol.com.terfkiof.com.pl/products/aimController.php?code=……..