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  2. Verizon Warns Customers About Text Message Scam - AOL

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    Telecommunications provider Verizon is warning millions of customers to not open any text messages that appear to be coming from their own phone number. SEE MORE: FBI Warning About Thieves Using ...

  3. Sick of those scam text messages? What you can do - AOL

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    Scammers are getting more advanced every day. From a simple text that says, "track your package with this link," to a message that promises to help pay off loans or give you a coupon code, there ...

  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. 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.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Scammers are now sending fake toll-collection texts to get ...

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    The real goal of the scam is to give the criminals access to your bank account information, police say. The text messages are the latest phishing scam targeting victims across the country ...

  8. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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    Package Delivery Scams. This scam starts with a text message or voicemail saying you need to take action to receive your package. A fake tracking link may be included for you to click to update ...

  9. SIM swap scam - Wikipedia

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    A SIM swap scam (also known as port-out scam, SIM splitting, [1] simjacking, and SIM swapping) [2] is a type of account takeover fraud that generally targets a weakness in two-factor authentication and two-step verification in which the second factor or step is a text message (SMS) or call placed to a mobile telephone.