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  2. 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 ...

  3. Preventing this insidious email forwarding scam that will ...

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    Email hacking: Scammers often gain access to email accounts through phishing attacks, where they trick users into revealing their login credentials or by deploying malware that captures sensitive ...

  4. 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.

  5. Recognize a hacked AOL Mail account

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    Email filters • Display name • Email signature • Blocked addresses • Mail away message. If your account has been compromised. If you think your account has been compromised, follow the steps listed below to secure it. 1. Change your password immediately. 2. Delete app passwords you don’t recognize. 3. Revert your mail settings if ...

  6. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    Change raising, also known as a quick change [67] or short change [68] scam, is a common short con and involves an offer to change an amount of money with someone, while at the same time taking change or bills back and forth to confuse the person as to how much money is actually being changed.

  7. Email fraud - Wikipedia

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    The email looks legitimate and includes the official logo of the business or school. Opening the attachment can potentially infect your computer with malware. Gift Card Scam: Someone has hacked into your close friend's email account, and you get a message from them asking for help buying gift cards.

  8. AAA warns of scam emails and texts targeting members. What ...

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    Here's what to know about AAA's phishing alert. An upstate New York automobile association is warning its members of a recent uptick in fraudulent emails and text messages.

  9. FCC votes to ban scam robocalls that use AI-generated voices

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    Dan Jasnow, a partner in the law firm ArentFox Schiff’s AI, Metaverse and Blockchain industry group, said that while the ruling makes it “crystal clear” that AI-powered voice cloning in scam ...