# Earthlink potential hoax question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlink-potential-hoax-question/175633>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 16, 2003, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlink-potential-hoax-question/175633 "2003-05-16T07:24:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlink-potential-hoax-question/175633/1 "2003-05-16T07:24:32Z")

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I use earthlink for dialup access, and I just got an email, purportedly from earthlink’s billing system.  
Everything about it screams “this is a hoax designed to get your credit card number and steal your money.” Everything. It just sounds and feels and reads wrong.

But just to confirm my common sense and intuition - has anyone heard anything about a hoax dealing with earthlink billing or anything that would indicate that it isn’t a hoax?

Thanks.