Report abuse or spam on AOL Unsolicited Bulk Email (Spam) AOL protects its users by strictly limiting who can bulk send email to its users Info about AOL's spam policy, including the ability to report abuse and resources for email senders who are being blocked by AOL, can be found by going to the Postmaster info page
Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications You'll also get a notification titled “Your AOL account information has changed” if any info in your account settings are updated What AOL communications look like • Viewing from web-based email - Emails from AOL will include icons that will indicate it is either Official mail or Certified mail , depending on the type of email you received
Control excessive spam email - AOL Help Control excessive spam email If you've started to receive an endless flow of junk email, you may be the victim of spam bombing This is a tactic used by bad actors and hackers to distract you from seeing emails that really are important to you
Avoid spoofing emails and spam in the AOL app Email spoofing is the forgery of an email header, which means the message appears to be coming from somewhere other than the actual source Use the Report button to notify AOL about spoofed email addresses, or choose It's safe to continue
Stop spam and junk mail in the AOL Mail app Spam is irrelevant, inappropriate, or malicious email Our filters try to keep spam out of your Inbox, but they don't catch everything Flag an email as spam to help train the filter 1 Tap an email to open it or Edit and select multiple emails 2 Tap the More icon 3 Tap Mark as spam
Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help While AOL tries hard to make sure we take steps to guard against this, if you do suspect you've been spoofed there are steps you can take to secure your account What are phishing scams? Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your
Find and remove unusual activity on your AOL account Find and remove unusual activity on your AOL account Monitoring your recent login activity can help you find out if your account has been accessed by unauthorized users Review your recent activity and revoke access to suspicious entries using the info below