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  2. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    Best practices • Don't enable the "use less secure apps" feature. • Don't reply to any SMS request asking for a verification code. • Don't respond to unsolicited emails or requests to send money.

  3. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    While most junk email can seem like a minor annoyance, certain types of email can cause problems for not only you but other people you email. Sometimes these emails can contain dangerous viruses or malware that can infect your computer by downloading attached software, screensavers, photos, or offers for free products.

  4. Ad blocking - Wikipedia

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    Ad blocking reduces page load time and saves bandwidth for the users. Users who pay for total transferred bandwidth ("capped" or pay-for-usage connections), including most mobile users worldwide, have a direct financial benefit from filtering an ad before it is loaded. Using an ad blocker is a common method of improving internet speeds. [39]

  5. This Is What an Amazon Email Scam Looks Like - AOL

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    If you believe you are the victim of an Amazon email scam, “the first thing to do is log into your Amazon account, change the password, and turn on dual-factor authentication,” Pierson says.

  6. Remove or temporarily hide ads in AOL Mail

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    A new ad appears if you refresh the page or perform some actions. • Most Ads - Click the "X" or Options icon and Dislike this ad to remove that specific ad and provide feedback. • The right-side ad - Click "X" and then Stop seeing this ad to temporarily hide the ad.

  7. Click fraud - Wikipedia

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    In this type of advertising, the owners of websites that post the ads are paid based on how many site visitors click on the ads. Fraud occurs when a person, automated script , computer program or an auto clicker imitates a legitimate user of a web browser , clicking on such an ad without having an actual interest in the target of the ad's link ...

  8. Column: It's the season for scams, so here's a piece of ...

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    The text arrived midday, saying a delivery to me was on hold. To fix the problem, all I had to do was click on a web link and enter my ZIP Code.

  9. False advertising - Wikipedia

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    A typical remedy is ordering an advertiser to stop its illegal acts, or to include disclosure of additional information which eliminates potentially-deceptive material. Corrective advertising may be mandated, [ 52 ] [ 53 ] but no fines or prison time is imposed except for the rare instances where an advertiser refuses to stop despite an order ...