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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. FCC warns of 50-state scam by fraudsters posing as mortgage ...

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    Homeowners across the U.S. are being targeted in a sophisticated scam in which callers pose as mortgage lenders to defraud people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, ...

  4. Did you get an unsolicited $199 ‘check’ in the mail? Don’t ...

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    The letters contain legitimate details about homeowners including their names, addresses and mortgage lenders. But they are no more than a ploy “to convince the recipient to sign up for a home ...

  5. Multiple listing service - Wikipedia

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    A multiple listing service (MLS, also multiple listing system or multiple listings service) is an organization with a suite of services that real estate brokers use to establish contractual offers of cooperation and compensation (among brokers) and accumulate and disseminate information to enable appraisals.

  6. Scam letters - Wikipedia

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    A scam letter is a document, distributed electronically or otherwise, to a recipient misrepresenting the truth with the aim of gaining an advantage in a fraudulent manner. Origin [ edit ]

  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. Overpayment scam - Wikipedia

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    A rental scam is a form of overpayment scam that exploit renters through fake listings and false roommate offers. Scammers may overpay by check, asking victims to refund the difference, only for the check to later bounce, leaving victims liable.

  9. Don't get taken by the mystery shopper scam - AOL

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    It's no secret that fraud is on the rise these days, and the troubled economic times have led even more people to latch on to the possibility of a quick buck. One common scam is a form of wire ...