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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. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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    What phone number can I call to report a spam call? You can call 888-382-1222 or visit DoNotCall.gov to report spam calls, telemarketers or robo-callers. Are 877 numbers spam?

  4. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    Call Forwarding Scam involves a fraudster tricking the victim into dialing a specific phone number, which then reroutes all incoming calls and text messages victim receives to the scammer's device. [57] Scammers in-turn intercepts bank messages and OTPs, while the victim remains unaware.

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

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    Scammers know how to fake a phone number. Kerskie describes a scam where a client received a spoof call from what he thought was his daughter’s phone. The caller claimed his daughter was in ...

  6. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    What are 800 and 888 phone number scams? If you get an email providing you a PIN number and an 800 or 888 number to call, this a scam to try and steal valuable personal info. These emails will often ask you to call AOL at the number provided, provide the PIN number and will ask for account details including your password.

  7. 'Ponzi-Like' Scheme Highlights Risks of Prepaid Funerals - AOL

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    This case is far from the first such scam. In 2010, also in Missouri, funeral home director Thomas Brandtonies, Jr. pled guilty to stealing $123,273 in pre-need funeral scams.

  8. SSA impersonation scam - Wikipedia

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    An SSA impersonation scam, or SSA scam, is a class of telecommunications scam targeting citizens of the United States by impersonating Social Security Administration employees. SSA scams are typically initiated through pre-recorded messages, or robocalls , that use social engineering to make victims panic and ensure they follow instructions ...

  9. Morning Glory Funeral Home scandal - Wikipedia

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    The scandal first came to light June 7, 1988, when a number of decomposing bodies were found inside the funeral home. [2] Conflicting reports state the bodies were discovered June 6, and reported on the 8th [3]. A total of 36 bodies, including one fetus and three sets of body parts, were uncovered inside the building.