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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. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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   Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...

4. Can background checks show whether your identity was stolen?

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   Conducting a background check on yourself isn't always necessary if you're concerned about identity theft, but there are situations when it can be a good idea. Identity theft has been rampant ...

5. ID Protection by AOL - AOL Help

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   Around the clock protection: MyReputation Discovery ® provides 24-hour monitoring for mentions of your address, phone number, or other information on the web. ID Protection by AOL works around the clock to help secure your identity, usernames, passwords and personal information. With the amount of data being stolen and exposed by criminals and ...

6. 4 Steps To Take if You’ve Clicked on a Phishing Link - AOL

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   Phishing attacks can install viruses on your device that have the potential to destroy your data. Make sure to back the data up as soon as possible after disconnecting from the internet.

7. Internet fraud prevention - Wikipedia

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   Internet fraud prevention is the act of stopping various types of internet fraud.Due to the many different ways of committing fraud over the Internet, such as stolen credit cards, identity theft, phishing, and chargebacks, users of the Internet, including online merchants, financial institutions and consumers who make online purchases, must make sure to avoid or minimize the risk of falling ...