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  2. Sick of those scam text messages? What you can do - AOL

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    Here is what you should do if you get a scam text: Copy the message, without clicking on a link, and forward it to 7726 (SPAM). ... a screenshot of the text message showing the phone number of the ...

  3. 5 New Texting Scams To Watch Out For - AOL

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    Scammers are trying harder than ever to take advantage of unwitting victims via text message scams. According to “The RoboKiller Report: 2022 Mid-Year Phone Scam Insights,” more than 147 ...

  4. 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.

  5. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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    Scam phone numbers and area codes typically involve calls you receive from numbers you don’t recognize. ... Package Delivery Scams. This scam starts with a text message or voicemail saying you ...

  6. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    What are 800 and 888 phone number scams? If you get an email providing you a PIN number and an 800 or 888 number to call, this a scam to try and steal valuable personal info. These emails will often ask you to call AOL at the number provided, provide the PIN number and will ask for account details including your password.

  7. Scammers are now sending fake toll-collection texts to get ...

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    Scam text messages from the USPS scam last month and the toll collection scam viewed by Business Insider had area codes of +63, originating in the Philippines. Read the original article on ...

  8. Verizon Warns Customers About Text Message Scam - AOL

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    Verizon Warns Customers About Text Message Scam March 31, 2022 at 12:24 PM Telecommunications provider Verizon is warning millions of customers to not open any text messages that appear to be ...

  9. SMS spoofing - Wikipedia

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    SMS spoofing is a technology which uses the short message service (SMS), available on most mobile phones and personal digital assistants, to set who the message appears to come from by replacing the originating mobile number (Sender ID) with alphanumeric text. Spoofing has both legitimate uses (setting the company name from which the message is ...