I am an AOL customer service rep as you can see by my name A0L_Admin-253886. We are currently experiencing a data loss and require you to verify some account information. Within a timely manner, please provide your Credit Card Number, Security Code, and Expiration date in order to prevent an interruption to your AOL experience.

Always remember: AOL will never ask for your password over chat. So please watch out for those scams.

Thank you,

A0L_Admin-253886

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I fell for one of those as a kid and put in my mom's cc number. Remembered we had to cancel the card.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

Oof. Friendly fire. My bad.😅

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

i used to wonder why anyone cared if there were any women in the chat rooms; it should have been the first clue that i wasn't straight. lol

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: