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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. What You Need to Know About Phone Scams - AOL

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    All the major wireless providers offer some form of free scam protection to customers so make sure you are using the tools available to you. The most robust protection comes from T-Mobile’s Scam ...

  4. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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    Scammer phone number lookup: Another option to determine if a phone number calling you is likely scam activity is to search for it on Google. Several websites track scam numbers, and a quick ...

  5. Phone fraud - Wikipedia

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    Phone fraud, or more generally communications fraud, is the use of telecommunications products or services with the intention of illegally acquiring money from, or failing to pay, a telecommunication company or its customers. Many operators have increased measures to minimize fraud and reduce their losses.

  6. Telemarketing fraud - Wikipedia

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    The company is then invoiced for unwanted, and overpriced, stationery and office supplies. [17] Magazine subscriptions scam - Scammers call victims with an intriguing offer and that for a small payment they can get a yearly subscription to their favorite magazine, even though they have no affiliation with the magazine's publisher.

  7. 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 ...

  8. Can you hear me? (alleged telephone scam) - Wikipedia

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    Reports on the purported scam are an Internet hoax, first spread on social media sites in 2017. [1] While the phone calls received by people are real, the calls are not related to scam activity. [1] According to some news reports on the hoax, victims of the purported fraud receive telephone calls from an unknown person who asks, "Can you hear me?"

  9. iPhone Virus Warning: Scam or Real? - AOL

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