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  2. Is that a scam? How to recognize and report fraudulent behavior

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    Complaints can be filed via the NJDCA website or via phone at 1-800-242-5846. Consumers can also report scams, potential fraud and unwanted phone calls to the FTC so that it can investigate and ...

  3. 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.

  4. Bitcoin ATM fraud is soaring, FTC warns. Here's how the scams ...

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    In 2023, consumers reported $114 million in losses from scams involving BTMs — a nearly 900% increase over the preceding three years, the FTC said Tuesday in a report. Losses through June of ...

  5. Police: Beware of Bitcoin phone scam

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    The woman provided the Bitcoin and that the money was removed from her account, police said. ... and not to protect your money. That's always a scam." ... 724-6370 or by email at kgushard ...

  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. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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    Scammers target a variety of people, though research by Microsoft suggests that millennials (defined by Microsoft as age 24-37) and people part of generation Z (age 18-23) have the highest exposure to tech support scams and the Federal Trade Commission has found that seniors (age 60 and over) are more likely to lose money to tech support scams.

  8. Exit scam - Wikipedia

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    For example, a report by Satis Group estimates that 80% of all initial coin offerings that took place in 2017 were scams of this type. [7] [8] This would ultimately be surpassed by the Wall Street Market exit scam of 2019, which had $14.2 million worth of cryptocurrencies stolen just before the site was seized by the authorities. [9]

  9. Report abuse or spam on AOL

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    Unsolicited Bulk Email (Spam) AOL protects its users by strictly limiting who can bulk send email to its users. Info about AOL's spam policy, including the ability to report abuse and resources for email senders who are being blocked by AOL, can be found by going to the Postmaster info page .