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  2. 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.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Who's really behind that random strange text from nowhere? - AOL

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    Block the number: Use your phone's built-in blocking features to prevent further contact. For iPhone: Open the message , tap the sender's name or number , select "Info ," then " Block Caller ."

  5. SMS spoofing - Wikipedia

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    SMS spoofing is a technology which uses the short message service (SMS), available on most mobile phones and personal digital assistants, to set who the message appears to come from by replacing the originating mobile number (Sender ID) with alphanumeric text. Spoofing has both legitimate uses (setting the company name from which the message is ...

  6. Phishing - Wikipedia

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    A typical style of SMS phishing message. SMS phishing [27] or smishing [28] [29] is a type of phishing attack that uses text messages from a cell phone or smartphone to deliver a bait message. [30] The victim is usually asked to click a link, call a phone number, or contact an email address provided by the attacker.

  7. 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.