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  2. How email spoofing can affect AOL Mail

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    If you experience any of the signs below, it's likely your account is being spoofed. Please be aware that unrecognized emails in your sent folder is not a sign of a spoofed account and is an indicator that your account was hacked. • Your contacts are receiving emails that you didn't send. • You receive spam emails from your own email address.

  3. Recognize a hacked AOL Mail account

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    Email filters • Display name • Email signature • Blocked addresses • Mail away message. If your account has been compromised. If you think your account has been compromised, follow the steps listed below to secure it. 1. Change your password immediately. 2. Delete app passwords you don’t recognize. 3. Revert your mail settings if ...

  4. Find and remove unusual activity on your AOL account

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    Monitoring your recent login activity can help you find out if your account has been accessed by unauthorized users. Review your recent activity and revoke access to suspicious entries using the info below.

  5. Email fraud - Wikipedia

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    Email fraud (or email scam) is intentional deception for either personal gain or to damage another individual using email as the vehicle. Almost as soon as email became widely used, it began to be used as a means to de fraud people, just as telephony and paper mail were used by previous generations.

  6. 5 Ways to Help Prevent Online Phishing Attacks - AOL

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    Do not contact them using any information provided in the message. Messages from an unknown person – If you receive a text or email from someone you don’t know, be wary. This type of message ...

  7. 4 Steps To Take if You’ve Clicked on a Phishing Link - AOL

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    Phishing attempts can be serious, so internet users need to know what to do if they’ve been subject to an attack. Here are the steps you need to take. Step 1: Disconnect From the Internet

  8. Greylisting (email) - Wikipedia

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    Greylisting is a method of defending e-mail users against spam. A mail transfer agent (MTA) using greylisting will "temporarily reject" any email from a sender it does not recognize. If the mail is legitimate, the originating server will try again after a delay, and if sufficient time has elapsed, the email will be accepted.

  9. 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 ...