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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. 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 ...

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

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   Use Scam Protection Apps 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. The most robust protection ...

5. 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.

6. Here's how to spot a scam online - AOL

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   The best way to protect yourself against email phishing scams is to avoid falling victim to them in the first place. "Simply never take sensitive action based on emails sent to you," Steinberg says.

7. What You Need to Know About Spam Calls and 7 Ways to Protect ...

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   And now that Sprint is a part of T-Mobile, Sprint customers will also get free protection to identify and block scam and unwanted robocalls, in the upgraded Call Screener app which was previously ...