A clever new semi-scam. Have you experienced this?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (240421)
Walnut Creek, California
September 8, 2026 2:06pm CST
I still use AOL as my email service. I am lazy and do not like change. The cost is zero, but I have to deal with a lot of ads.
Recently, AOL has come up with a new "semi-scam," which I will try to describe.
I see an email in my email folder. It looks like another bogus email. I delete it and all of the other "miracle bra," "It will stay hard for 72 hours" and "Brain Eating Bacteria Cruise Line wants to give you a price discount on our next cruise to Ghana" emails
I click the hazy delete square beside "Cruise" video, but it turns out it's not a hazy square. It's a hazy something else that takes me to the ad. I try to escape from the ad but cannot.
Ultimately, I have to go two or three steps back and get to my emails.
Have you experienced a semi-scam like this?
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@nawala123 (22780)
• Indonesia
11h
Yes i am used to watch such pop up ada and i cant ski it
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@lovebuglena (53414)
• Staten Island, New York
13h
That’s frustrating. I haven’t experienced this but I don’t use aol email.
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@lovebuglena (53414)
• Staten Island, New York
9h
@TheHorse I have Gmail and yahoo. Yahoo gets too much spam lately. I hate that!
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@celticeagle (193358)
• Boise, Idaho
3h
I haven't gotten this one. If I get any I try to unsubscribe or block them. I hope you are able to find a way past these.
I've had a Yahoo account for decades. Then a Gmail one more recently. I do recall AOL and had it for several years. If it does the trick why not?
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