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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. Recognize a hacked AOL Mail account

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    Email filters • Display name • Email signature • Blocked addresses • Mail away message. If your account has been compromised. If you think your account has been compromised, follow the steps listed below to secure it. 1. Change your password immediately. 2. Delete app passwords you don’t recognize. 3. Revert your mail settings if ...

  4. 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.

  5. Apple releases iOS 18 update for iPhone: Customizations ... - AOL

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    In the iOS 18 update, users can place app icons and widgets in more flexible arrangements, pretty much wherever there is an open position on the screen. Users can also use have app icons and ...

  6. Go phish? Cybersecurity experts explain what phishing scams are

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    The FTC suggests setting the software to automatically update so it can deal with any new security threats. 2. Set your phone and computer's software to update automatically.

  7. Email fraud - Wikipedia

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    Email fraud (or email scam) is intentional deception for either personal gain or to damage another individual using email as the vehicle. Almost as soon as email became widely used, it began to be used as a means to de fraud people, just as telephony and paper mail were used by previous generations.

  8. Secure your AOL account

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    • Don't fall for phishing scams - Don't click links you're unsure about, even from friends. • Check your login activity - Check the recent activity on your account for unusual logins. • Delete security questions - It's more secure to add an email address or phone number to secure your account; remove your questions if you haven't already.

  9. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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    The scammer will open the Control Panel, go into user settings and click on change password, and the scammer will ask the user to type in his password in the old password field. The scammer will then create a password that only he knows and will reboot the computer. The user won’t be able to log into his PC unless he pays the scammer.