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2. The 5 Most Common Holiday Shopping Scams

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   Holiday Charity Scams. ... These scams take the form of phishing emails where the scammer disguises an email using a UPS, FedEx or USPS lookalike format with a service link to view and claim a ...

3. Worried about holiday scams? Here's what to know for a safe ...

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   A Few Holiday-Specific Scams. Most holiday scams are just … well, scams that happen over the holidays. A few are more specifically holiday-oriented, though, using holiday traditions as their "hook."

4. 'Skimming,' 'smishing,' and other scams to pay attention to ...

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   If you receive a smishing message unrelated to the USPS, forward the message to 7726 and file a report with the Federal Trade Commission or the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center. Holiday scams ...

5. 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.

6. The 5 biggest online holiday scams of 2021 — and how to avoid ...

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   One of the oldest and most prevalent online scams is thieves pretending to be part of your bank or credit card company. “They love to call, or send emails or texts, trying to convince you that ...

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. Use AOL Official Mail to confirm legitimate AOL emails

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   AOL Mail is focused on keeping you safe while you use the best mail product on the web. One way we do this is by protecting against phishing and scam emails though the use of AOL Official Mail. When we send you important emails, we'll mark the message with a small AOL icon beside the sender name.

9. Column: Amid holiday scam warnings, I'm contacted by a ...

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   The FBI and Better Business Bureau each warned consumers in recent days to be vigilant for holiday scams. As it happens, the warnings were issued just as I was exchanging emails with a holiday ...