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  2. 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.

  3. How to spot debt collection scams: 8 signs to watch out for

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    Receiving a call, email or letter from a company purporting to be a debt collector can spark alarm. Before disclosing any information, look for these eight signs of a fake debt collection scam. 1.

  4. Did you get an unsolicited $199 ‘check’ in the mail? Don’t ...

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    The letters, received by several residents in January, contain what looks like a $199 check that purports to be a “Registration Fee Voucher” from “County Deed Records.”

  5. Homeowners Beware: New Scam Letters Circulating in ... - AOL

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    The Consumer Protection Division of the Maryland attorney general's (AG) office is warning consumers about home warranty scam letters addressed to homeowners. The division emphasized that these...

  6. Redemption movement - Wikipedia

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    The redemption movement is an element of the pseudolaw movement, mainly active in the United States and Canada, that promotes fraudulent debt and tax payment schemes. [1] The movement is also called redemptionism. [2]

  7. Scam letters - Wikipedia

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    The oldest reference to the origin of scam letters could be found at the Spanish Prisoner scam. [1] This scam dates back to the 1580s, where the fictitious prisoner would promise to share non-existent treasure with the person who would send him money to bribe the guards.

  8. Overpayment scam - Wikipedia

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    An overpayment scam, also known as a refund scam, is a type of confidence trick designed to prey upon victims' good faith.In the most basic form, an overpayment scam consists of a scammer claiming, falsely, to have sent a victim an excess amount of money.

  9. 'Recovery Services' Phone Scam Seeks Potentially Scary ...

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    A recent scam caller claiming a company called "Recovery Services" has an unclaimed Christmas package it wants to deliver demonstrates how creative scammers can get when trying to con you out of ...