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2. Who's really behind that random strange text from nowhere? - AOL

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   For instance, you receive a text from +1-555-123-4567, a number not in your contacts. Unsolicited contact: The text arrives unexpectedly, often with a friendly or urgent tone. Example: "Hey! Long ...

3. Spam texts plaguing your phone? Here's how to stop them - AOL

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   In fact, every spam text I’ve gotten has included a suspicious link. Your best bet is to treat these texts like spam emails, and ignore any link and, better still, delete them as soon as you ...

4. 5 New Texting Scams To Watch Out For - AOL

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   Scammers are trying harder than ever to take advantage of unwitting victims via text message scams. According to "The RoboKiller Report: 2022 Mid-Year Phone Scam Insights," more than 147 billion...

5. Mobile phone spam - Wikipedia

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   Another approach to reducing SMS spam that is offered by some carriers involves creating an alias address rather than using the cell phone's number as a text message address. Only messages sent to the alias are delivered; messages sent to the phone's number are discarded. A New York Times article provided detailed information on this in 2008. [27]

6. Messaging spam - Wikipedia

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   Messaging spam on Telegram. Instant messaging systems, such as Telegram, WhatsApp, Twitter Direct Messaging, Kik, Skype and Snapchat are all targets for spammers. [4] Many IM services are publicly linked to social media platforms, which may include information on the user such as age, sex, location and interests.

7. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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   Hover over hyperlinks with your cursor to preview the destination URL. Sometimes a hyperlink can be displayed as an AOL link in an email when in fact the destination URL is to a malicious domain. • Be careful when authorizing an app to access your account or when providing any third-party access to your account info.