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• Mac os keeps asking for aol email password password#

Unfortunately, many people may not have received the same education and will likely enter their AOL login information.

Once AOL credentials are submitted on the form, the stolen credentials are sent to the attackers, and the user is redirected to the standard AOL login page.Īs I have made a point of teaching family members about phishing scams and what to look out for, my family members did not fall for the scam. Unless you verify this account, it will be closed in 72 hrs," warns the AOL phishing email.Įnclosed in the email was a link to a poorly constructed AOL phishing landing page that asked visitors to log in to AOL. It's going to take 3 days unless you act soon. "We noticed you haven't updated your account information recently, and since your security is our top priority, we plan to close this account as soon as possible. The email stated that they need to login and verify their account within 72 hours, or AOL will deactivate their account. Scared that the email accounts they used for close to 25 years would be closed, they forwarded me the email and asked for advice. This week I was contacted by two older family members who received an email with a scary email subject stating that their "Mail Box will close in 3 days log in to re-activate." Unfortunately, this also makes them prime targets for phishing scams that, in my experience, tend to slip through AOL's email filters more easily than other service's filters, such as Gmail. While most people are using Gmail, Outlook, or other modern free mail services, many older people continue to use AOL simply because they are used to the service and find it too complicated to switch to a new email service.e.

Mac os keeps asking for aol email password password#

An AOL mail phishing campaign is underway to steal users' login name and password by warning recipients that their account is about to be closed.