Spam AOL mail account that’s not mine

I have a question that bounces off some of the “Trial-and-Error” people are going through for this discussion.

people are deleting apps on their phone to try and see if the emails stop sending. This gets me thinking that when you download a particular app and accept their “Terms and Conditions” and you click the box that says “Allow my information to be shared.” This is where the problem starts.

if you are aware which apps are associated to the inbox which the spam is being sent to, you should try to delete those or even remove accessibility from them to not allow them to use your private information.

can anyone maybe make a list of apps that they’ve downloaded that caused the emails to stop?

I too am getting blasted with SPAM showing a sender as my email followed by AOL.com. When sending a test email to the sender AOL kicks it back saying invalid. So clearly the AOL email in question is a screen of some sort and its probably being delivered to my Gmail. I’ve tried using the filter feature but that does not work since the AOL.com email is clearly a pseudo one. These problems started after the latest software upgrade to IOS 15.

I'm still having that problem - only on my iPhone. Blocking is useless because they cc you as mentioned above. If anyone has a solution, that would be great. I think the problem is a bit new.

Nope it was never resolved. Still receive email but I block the contact each time and that helps a bit.

I contacted aol and asked them to block the email address, this has reduced the number, but some still get through, perhaps more complaints to aol might are them take some action.

Just filter “@aol.com.” Works like a charm.

Trying this today. The sender names keep changing but the source is always from an aol.com account. I am going to see if I can block all emails from AOL.com

Yes, I've tried all the standard things too. Seems they have considered these options in their unkind design. They cc you at this random aol account as well which makes blocking and id'ing as spam ineffective.

Seems my desktop google account filters these for me but my iPhone does not.

Perhaps Apple could work on that?

Averi,

I have the exact same problem. Did support address the issue that you’re are receiving mail that is not one of our defined accounts? I get all kinds of spam addressed to *****@aol.com on my iPhone that has but one gmail account defined to it.

Steve

I also have at least 4 emails per day that I block coming from AOL addresses with my name attached . I do not have anything but a gmail account ! Blocking them does nothing and if you try to unsubscribe it just brings you to yet another page that they add you to . How do we fix this and be rid of this for good?

I am having the same issue. I noticed they are all emails through naver. When I clicked on it the site is all in Chinese or Japanese. I wish there was someway to solve this issue. It’s really annoying.

I haven’t clicked anything in the email itself. But if you go up to the top and click on the sender it gives you their email address. They are normally @naver.com email. And when I googled naver it’s all in Chinese.

You are the one that mentioned the SIM card and how it’s apple !

Has to be something else cause my fiancée and friends and family do it have this issue ! I am thinking it’s playing games or subscribing to something