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  2. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    Best practices • Don't enable the "use less secure apps" feature. • Don't reply to any SMS request asking for a verification code. • Don't respond to unsolicited emails or requests to send money.

  3. Inappropriate advertising on AOL

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    We sincerely apologize for any inappropriate advertising you may have seen on AOL or our related properties. Rest assured, we’re always investigating any reports of inappropriate advertising.

  4. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    While most junk email can seem like a minor annoyance, certain types of email can cause problems for not only you but other people you email. Sometimes these emails can contain dangerous viruses or malware that can infect your computer by downloading attached software, screensavers, photos, or offers for free products.

  5. False advertising - Wikipedia

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    A typical remedy is ordering an advertiser to stop its illegal acts, or to include disclosure of additional information which eliminates potentially-deceptive material. Corrective advertising may be mandated, [ 52 ] [ 53 ] but no fines or prison time is imposed except for the rare instances where an advertiser refuses to stop despite an order ...

  6. Column: It's the season for scams, so here's a piece of ...

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    Hahn later warned of the scam, along with McFarland, on L.A.’s Eyewitness News. "It's called gift card draining and these scammers have found several slick ways to victimize unsuspecting ...

  7. Ad fraud - Wikipedia

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    Ad-frauds are particularly popular among cybercriminals. [1] [2] While ad fraud is frequently associated with banner ads, video ads and in-app ads, click fraud has been associated with search marketing, mobile advertising and conversion fraud with affiliate marketing. AppsFlyer estimates financial exposure to app install fraud in Q1 of 2018 was ...

  8. Elon Musk scam ads appear on X as key advertisers depart - AOL

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    The scam ads work by promoting a fake pre-sale of “X Token”, which fraudulently offers early investors large profits if they buy the cryptocurrency before it officially launches on exchanges.

  9. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    The scam relies on the cashier placing small bills in the register where they will be mixed with existing bills, and the cashier's failure to notice that the nineteen dollars given by the con artist included ten dollars that belonged to the store in the first place (the money that should've been given back for the $10 that was handed over early).