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  2. “Can You Hear Me?” And 4 Other Phone Call Scams - AOL

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    Zelle Scams on Facebook Marketplace: ... 10 Stocks That Could Be the Next Apple or Amazon. ... And 4 Other Phone Call Scams. Show comments. Advertisement.

  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. How to identify a scam call before you're taken ... - AOL

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    Step away from your phone! If you don't know these new scams identified by the FCC, you could be a target. Skip to main content. Subscriptions; Animals. Business. Entertainment. Fitness. Food ...

  5. 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.

  6. Blue box - Wikipedia

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    Originally, all calls were routed manually by an operator who would look for small light bulbs that would illuminate when a subscriber picked up the phone to make a call. The operator would connect a handset to the line, ask the user who they were calling, and then connect a cable between two phone jacks to complete the call.

  7. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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    What Is a Scam Phone Number or Area Code? Scam phone numbers and area codes typically involve calls you receive from numbers you don’t recognize. ... 888 numbers indicate it is a toll-free call ...

  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. Voice phishing - Wikipedia

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    Voice phishing, or vishing, [1] is the use of telephony (often Voice over IP telephony) to conduct phishing attacks.. Landline telephone services have traditionally been trustworthy; terminated in physical locations known to the telephone company, and associated with a bill-payer.