Internet help: I received a form on the internet from aol informing me I had toupdate my information or i would lose my address book and IM. - Help.com

I received a form on the internet from aol informing me I had toupdate my information or i would lose my address book and IM.

They asked for my social security number and charge card number date of birth etc. Is this a scam I received this e-mail about two weeks ago and again yesterday

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San Francisco, CA, US | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (0 minutes after post)

Are you looking for answers about problems with your AOL service?

I’d like to recommend that you ask AOL directly since they are best suited to help you.

For AOL support, you can visit the AOL support site or even call them at an AOL toll free number.

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Gamerkc offline Verified User (9 months, 4 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (4 minutes after post)

This is a scam, I promise you that.

It’s a very basic form of fraud, don’t ever fall for it.

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Dr Awesome McCool offline Verified User (4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 152 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (5 minutes after post)

its a scam dont fill it in. AOL would never ask for this by email and would never ever ask for those kind of details this is a scam to steal your identity, ehm block or mark the address as spam.

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checkchange offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Atlantic City, NJ, US | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (14 hours, 21 minutes after post)

Phishing Email …Scam. …Please go to http://daol.aol.com/software/90vr and download the best application software AOL has supported.

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