" Dear AOL member: It has come to our attention that your AOL Billing information's records are out of date."...

This spoof AOL email (see below) is in text only format and inlcudes a link which you are urged to use to update your information to prevent account termination. The link does, of-course, lead to a bogus AOL web page, and one which contains a form to provide information (see image below). There are further pages after the one we have shown below which also require information including your name, address, credit or debit card details, etc.

Any information submitted is processed through a PHP script located on the same server as the bogus content. The URL could be conceived as being directly related to AOL by the undiscerning user, but it in fact resolves to web space provided by US company Interland and is registered to an individual also in the US - clearly nothing to do with AOL at all.

If you have received this email, please remember that it is very common for these email scams to be redistributed at a later date with only slightly different content or the same but with the fake page(s) hosted by a different provider. Also, once you have received one of these hoaxes, it is also common place to receive at least another one and usually a day or two after the first, although not necessarily from the same apparent sender.

The Spoof Email ...

Dear AOL member:
It has come to our attention that your AOL Billing information's records are out of date.
This requires an update of your billing information. Please take several minutes out of your online experience and update your billing records. You will not run into future problems with our online services.
However, failure to update your records will result in your account termination. Please update your records right now.
Once you have updated your account records your AOL session will not be interrupted.
Please click here to update your billing records.
http://information-aol.info
Thank you for your time.
 
AOL Billing Dept team.
http://information-aol.info

The bogus web page ...