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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. Email sender verification notice - AOL Help

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   If you've confirmed the message is safe, we recommend you review your connected devices, confirm or delete your app password, or use the AOL app to ensure continued safe access to your account. If you think the message indicates suspicious activity, we recommend you change your password and secure your account.

4. How AOL uses SSL to protect your account

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   SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is an industry standard for encrypting private data sent over the Internet to help protect your account and information. Learn what SSL is and how we use it to protect your account.

5. Secure messaging - Wikipedia

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   Out of a message center, the messages can be sent over a secure SSL-connection or via other equally protecting methods to any recipient. If the recipient is contacted for the first time, a message unlock code (see below MUC) is needed to authenticate the recipient. Alternatively, secure messaging can be used out of any standard email program ...

6. Use AOL Official Mail to confirm legitimate AOL emails

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   One way we do this is by protecting against phishing and scam emails though the use of AOL Official Mail. When we send you important emails, we'll mark the message with a small AOL icon beside the sender name. When you open the message, you'll see the "Official Mail" banner above the details of the message.

7. How to Block Annoying Emails for Good - AOL

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   Spam messages made up nearly 50 percent of email traffic in September 2020, according to data from Statista. What’s more, out of the 293.6 billion emails sent daily in 2019, the majority were ...