PCWorld.com - Feds Shut Down PayPal, AOL Scams: "Under Hill's scam, consumers received e-mail that appeared to come from AOL or PayPal. The 'From' line identified the sender as 'billing center' or 'account department' and the 'Subject' line carried warnings such as 'AOL Billing Error Please Read Enclosed Email,' or 'Please Update Account Information Urgent!' The messages warned consumers that their accounts would be canceled if they didn't respond.
A hyperlink in the e-mail pointed to what appeared to be the AOL Billing Center, with AOL's logo and live links to real AOL Web pages. But the site was actually Hill's Web site, where he harvested consumers' names and their mothers' maiden names as well as their billing addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, bank account numbers, bank routing numbers, and AOL screen names and passwords. "