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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. Use AOL Official Mail to confirm legitimate AOL emails

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   When you open the message, you'll see the "Official Mail" banner above the details of the message. If you get a message that seems like it's from AOL, but it doesn't have those 2 indicators, and it isn't alternatively marked as AOL Certified Mail, it might be a fake email. Make sure you immediately mark it as spam and don't click on any links ...

4. Messaging spam - Wikipedia

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   The message promises the user to eradicate spam messages sent via the Messenger Service. The URL leads to a website where, for a fee, users are told how to disable the Messenger service. Though the Messenger is easily disabled for free by the user, this works because it creates a perceived need and then offers an immediate solution.

5. How email spoofing can affect AOL Mail

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   Please be aware that unrecognized emails in your sent folder is not a sign of a spoofed account and is an indicator that your account was hacked. • Your contacts are receiving emails that you didn't send. • You receive spam emails from your own email address. • You're getting MAILER-DAEMON messages that don't match any messages you sent.

6. Internet fax - Wikipedia

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   iFax machine → email message (over Internet) → computer email account; iFax machine → email message (over Internet) → iFax machine (using email address) A new fax machine (supporting iFax/T.37) is required, as well as a known email address for the sending and receiving machines. This has limited the standard's use, though a system for ...

7. Use AOL Certified Mail to confirm legitimate AOL emails

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   AOL may send you emails from time to time about products or features we think you'd be interested in. If you're ever concerned about the legitimacy of these emails, just check to see if there's a green "AOL Certified Mail" icon beside the sender name. When you open the email, you'll also see the Certified Mail banner above the message details.