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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. 6 Fast and Free Ways To Safeguard Your Money From Fraud and Scams

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   Elder fraud. Foreclosure or mortgage relief scams. Grandparent scams. Imposter scams. Lottery and prize scams. Mail fraud. Man-in-the-middle scams. Money mule scams. Money transfer/mobile payment ...

4. 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 ...

5. List of scams - Wikipedia

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   The scam then becomes an advance-fee fraud or a check fraud. A wide variety of reasons can be offered for the trickster's lack of cash, but rather than just borrow the money from the victim (advance fee fraud), the con-artist normally declares that they have checks which the victim can cash on their behalf and remit the money via a non ...

6. Scammers Are Now Targeting You Through Your Smart TV - AOL

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   What Are Smart TV Scams? According to the Better Business Bureau (BBB), scammers are using fake pop-ups to lure victims trying to connect to their favorite streaming services like Netflix, Amazon ...

7. What You Need to Know About Phone Scams - AOL

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   All the major wireless providers offer some form of free scam protection to customers so make sure you are using the tools available to you. ... A fraud alert is an easier option — you call one ...

8. As seen on TV - Wikipedia

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   "As seen on TV" is a generic phrase for products advertised on television in the United States for direct‑response mail-order through a toll-free telephone number. As Seen on TV advertisements, known as infomercials , are usually 30-minute shows or two-minute spots during commercial breaks.

9. Telemarketing fraud - Wikipedia

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   Summer jobs fraud – Much like an advance fee fraud, these scams are aimed at teenagers or young adults looking for work over the summer period. Telemarketers seek out the victims by scanning student job searches. The telemarketer will then claim the victim has been singled out and specially selected to be hired for a particular job.