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2. Snapchat is rolling out new safety tools aimed at protecting ...

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   Snapchat is working to make it harder for teenagers to be contacted on the app by people they don’t know, its latest effort to stop the sexual and financial exploitation scam known as sextortion.

3. Internet fraud - Wikipedia

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   Nina Kollars of the Naval War College explains an Internet fraud scheme that she stumbled upon while shopping on eBay.. Internet fraud is a type of cybercrime fraud or deception which makes use of the Internet and could involve hiding of information or providing incorrect information for the purpose of tricking victims out of money, property, and inheritance.

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

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   According to the Federal Trade Commission, scammers will send fake text messages to try and trick you into giving them personal information, like a password, account number, or Social Security number.

5. Go phish? Cybersecurity experts explain what phishing scams are

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   So, a phishing scam may make you think that a message is coming from a person or institution you trust, like your bank or your favorite video streaming service, when it's actually the work of ...

6. Spoofing attack - Wikipedia

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   Email spoofing – Creating email spam or phishing messages with a forged sender identity or address IP address spoofing – Creating IP packets using a false IP address IDN homograph attack – Visually similar letters in domain names, mixing letters from different alphabets to trick an unsuspecting user into trusting and clicking on a link ...

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. 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 ...

9. 5 early warning signs of fraud on your account, according to ...

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   In this article, GOBankingRates reviews the early warning signs that someone is committing fraud or attempting to commit fraud on your accounts, so you know what to watch out for. Unrecognized ...