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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. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    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.

  4. Fake Customer Reviews: Don't Fall for This Online Marketing Scam

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    After all, they're like vicarious test-drives: You get the benefit of previous users' experiences in deciding whether a product or service is worth the money or Fake Customer Reviews: Don't Fall ...

  5. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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    The user won’t be able to log into his PC unless he pays the scammer. Microsoft commissioned a survey by YouGov across 16 countries in July 2021 to research tech support scams and their impact on consumers. The survey found that approximately 60% of consumers who participated had been exposed to a technical support scam within the last 12 ...

  6. Sitejabber - Wikipedia

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    Sitejabber is an AI-enabled platform that allows businesses and buyers to interact through online reviews. [1] [2] Sitejabber was founded in 2007 in San Francisco, California and has been described as "the Yelp for websites and online businesses".

  7. Scam baiting - Wikipedia

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    For scams conducted via written communication, baiters may answer scam emails using throwaway email accounts, pretending to be receptive to scammers' offers. [4]Popular methods of accomplishing the first objective are to ask scammers to fill out lengthy questionnaires; [5] to bait scammers into taking long trips; to encourage the use of poorly made props or inappropriate English-language ...

  8. Use AOL Official Mail to confirm legitimate AOL emails

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    AOL Mail is focused on keeping you safe while you use the best mail product on the web. One way we do this is by protecting against phishing and scam emails though the use of AOL Official Mail. When we send you important emails, we'll mark the message with a small AOL icon beside the sender name.

  9. What's a phishing scam? Cyber security experts break it down

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    The scam may look like it's from a bank, a credit card company, a social networking site, an online payment website or app or an online store you're familiar with.