BEWARE OF THIS SCAM.

There will be enormous charges on your card far faster than you can say
"IDENTITY THEFT"

Paul Lamar

Yeah, Paul, I got a similar but slightly different message last week that
told me my credit info was not up-to-date and that I faced service
termination in five days unless I updated my credit card data. There was a
blue link in the message. I pressed it and noticed that the URL was an IP
address and that the URL said nothing about Earthlink. However, everything
else in both the first and second messages was perfect Earthlink--colors,
font, logo, etc. The obligatory assurance that my data was 128 bit encrypted
was there too.

I went to the Earthlink website--the real one--and made sure my credit card
data was right. The scamster was lucky in my case because my credit card was
due to expire in three months and I supposed that was what "Earthlink" was
concerned about.

But because I was suspicious, I forwarded the original message to Earthlink
and they confirmed that it was a scam. If you put in your credit card data,
you can kiss that credit card goodbye before you can say "identity theft."

Barry Gardner
Wheaton, IL

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