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2. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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   • Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.

3. What You Need to Know About Phone Scams - AOL

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   For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in. ... All the major wireless providers offer some form of free scam protection to customers so make sure you are ...

4. Fraudsters target small businesses with scams. Here are some ...

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   Plenty of types of scams exist, but a few affect small businesses the most. ... For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. ... scammers call saying they want to ...

5. Is that a scam? How to recognize and report fraudulent behavior

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   Contact your bank or credit card company if you paid a scammer to report a fraudulent charge. If you sent cash by mail, contact the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and ask them to intercept the ...

6. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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   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 information. All legitimate AOL...

7. Telemarketing fraud - Wikipedia

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   There are a number of phone apps which try to identify, screen, send to voicemail or otherwise deter telemarketing calls with most major carriers providing some level of free scam call screening."Call Blocking". Federal Trade Commission Additionally both iOS and Android operating systems offer scam screening options.

8. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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   An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum. [1] [2] If a victim makes the payment, the ...

9. Package redirection scam - Wikipedia

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   A package redirection scam is a form of e-commerce fraud, where a malicious actor manipulates a shipping label, to trick the mail carrier into delivering the package to the wrong address. This is usually done through product returns to make the merchant believe that they mishandled the return package, and thus provide a refund without the item ...

10. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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    Here are examples of three of the most common scams out there today and how to block these spam calls. 1. One-Ring Scams. Scammers use one-ring scams to get you, the victim, to call back.

11. Whitepages (company) - Wikipedia

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    Whitepages is a provider of online directory services, fraud screening, background checks and identity verification for consumers and businesses. It has the largest database available of contact information on residents of the United States. [3] Whitepages was founded in 1997 as a hobby for then- Stanford student Alex Algard.