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Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire.Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks, typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.
• 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.
Algard was searching for a friend's contact information, and the phone company gave him the wrong number. [4] He thought of an online email directory as an easier way to find people. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Algard bought the Whitepages.com domain for $900, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] which he says was all of his savings at the time. [ 5 ]
Aviva acquired RAC plc for around £1.1 billion in March 2005. [9] They sold some parts of the business for £500m, [9] including RAC Auto Windscreens in December 2008, and BSM to a German company in January 2009. [10] [11] BSM was later sold to Acromas Holdings, which owns The Automobile Association.
Phone scams are on the rise as scammers see opportunity thanks to many Americans getting stimulus checks, an increase in concern about COVID vaccine distribution and soon, the annual tax season ...
The good news is that scams operate in many known area codes, so you can avoid being the next victim simply by honing in on the list of scammer phone numbers. Read Next: 6 Unusual Ways To Make ...
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.
But the Federal Trade Commission tracks spam and scam complaints, and 2022 is on track to be the first year when more people have reported scammers’ contacting them by text rather than by phone ...