AOL Sells Ads To Website Under Attorney General Investigation

AOL apparently missed our post on how the Florida Attorney General is investigating FreeCreditReport.com.

Reader Robert saw a new tab on his AOL inbox with his screenname on it. When he clicked it, this showed up…

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Which then brought him to FreeCreditReport.com, a site under investigation for, “”failure to adequately disclose negative option enrollment … deceptive advertising, misleading domain name, and failure to honor cancellations.”

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Robert asks, “You would think AOL could pick a better partner ????”

We’re sorry, Robert, that you’re operating under the delusion that AOL cares about you.

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