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2. 15 Common Financial Scams — And How to Avoid Them - AOL

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   Money for Nothing. Every year, about 90% of consumers either fall for or encounter online scams. And while many consumers are sophisticated enough to avoid some of the most common scams, it doesn ...

3. 100 Most Common Money Scams and How To Avoid Them - AOL

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   1. ‘Your invoice is due.’ False invoice emails usually contain an unclear description of services. They may ask you to send money to a PayPal, Cash App or Zelle account.

4. A Complete Guide To Avoiding Financial Scams - AOL

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   In 2021, more than 2.8 million consumers reported that they were victims of scams, with total losses for the year adding up to $5.8 billion, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC also...

5. 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 Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...

6. 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.

7. How to fight Venmo and PayPal scams - AOL

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   If you need additional help, Venmo and PayPal offer support pages to help you navigate other scams. Follow these steps and you should be just a bit safer online. Sign up for Yahoo Finance Tech ...

8. Think before you click this holiday season: Payment app fraud ...

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   One way to avoid duped by a scam is to enlist Malwarebytes Premium software. It warns you when you accidentally visit malicious or fraudulent websites that contain threats like phishing scams ...

9. Manage spam in AOL Mail

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   While 99.9% of spam, malware and phishing emails are being caught by our spam filters, occasionally some can slip through. When this happens, it's very important to mark the email as spam, then our system will learn that messages from a specific sender aren't good and helps us make AOL Mail even better at recognizing future spam emails.