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  2. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • Don't use internet search engines to find AOL contact info, as they may lead you to malicious websites and support scams. Always go directly to AOL Help Central for legitimate AOL customer support. • Never click suspicious-looking links. Hover over hyperlinks with your cursor to preview the destination URL.

  3. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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    Technical support scams rely on social engineering to persuade victims that their device is infected with malware. [15] [16] Scammers use a variety of confidence tricks to persuade the victim to install remote desktop software, with which the scammer can then take control of the victim's computer.

  4. Computer fraud - Wikipedia

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    Computer fraud is the use of computers, the Internet, Internet devices, and Internet services to defraud people or organizations of resources. [1] In the United States, computer fraud is specifically proscribed by the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), which criminalizes computer-related acts under federal jurisdiction and directly combats the insufficiencies of existing laws.

  5. What's a phishing scam? Cyber security experts break it down

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    The scam may look like it's from a bank, a credit card company, a social networking site, an online payment website or app or an online store you're familiar with.

  6. Apex Global Internet Services - Wikipedia

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    AGIS was founded as Apex Global Information Services in 1994 by Phillip J Lawlor. [1] AGIS acquired Network99, Inc. in July 1995. [2] Lawlor believed an ISP was not responsible for policing the content of its customers traffic. This hands-off policy resulted in a safe haven for the notorious spammer Sanford Wallace. By 1997, when Wallace's ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Police officer goes viral with incredible answer to scam ...

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    A North Carolina cop is going viral for her brilliant response to a scam phone caller who claimed the law enforcement official was about to be hit with a slew of "serious" charges.

  9. Think before you click this holiday season: Payment app fraud ...

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    Scam #3: Charitable contribution and investment scams. Watch out for this scam, where scammers research personal information about you; lifting info gleaned from our social media pages. Then they ...