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  2. How to identify a scam call before you're taken advantage of

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    This scam often targets native Spanish speakers and has scammers pose as utility-company employees calling to request immediate payment or they will shut off your service. The payment is most ...

  3. It’s not just you. More weird spam is popping up on Facebook

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    There are dozens of YouTube videos teaching people how to get paid for posting AI content on Facebook — as tech news site 404 Media reported earlier this month — with some claiming they make ...

  4. 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.

  5. Social spam - Wikipedia

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    Social spam is on the rise, with analysts reporting over a tripling of social spam activity in six months. [7] It is estimated that up to 40% of all social user accounts are fake, depending on the site. [8] In August, 2012, Facebook admitted through its updated regulatory filing [9] that 8.7% of its 955 million active accounts were fake. [10]

  6. List of fake news websites - Wikipedia

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    banned.video banned.video Sister site of InfoWars. Warned by the US Food and Drug Administration for spreading misinformation on COVID-19 for "claims on videos posted on your websites that establish the intended use of your products and misleadingly represent them as safe and/or effective for the treatment or prevention of COVID-19." [140] [141 ...

  7. Bot, bye: How to delete spam YouTube comments - AOL

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    These spammers, who tend to swarm popular and finance-focused channels like plagues of locusts, hawking vague entrepreneurial endeavors or hot singles in your area, encourage viewers to reach out ...

  8. 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.

  9. Spambot - Wikipedia

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    A spambot is a computer program designed to assist in the sending of spam.Spambots usually create accounts and send spam messages with them. [1] Web hosts and website operators have responded by banning spammers, leading to an ongoing struggle between them and spammers in which spammers find new ways to evade the bans and anti-spam programs, and hosts counteract these methods.