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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. Straight Talk: Don't fall for Facebook scam that targets ...

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    How to avoid Facebook phishing scams • Do not panic. Always read suspicious emails carefully and look for signs of a scam before you act. Remember that scammers love to target social media ...

  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. 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. How to stop scammers from coming after your verification ...

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    Think of your account password and the verification code as working together, similar to a doorknob lock and a deadbolt. If you unlock the doorknob but not the deadbolt, you can't get inside.

  7. Scam letters - Wikipedia

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    Based on mostly the same principles as the Nigerian 419 advance-fee fraud scam, this scam letter informs recipients that their e-mail addresses have been drawn in online lotteries and that they have won large sums of money. Here the victims will also be required to pay substantial small amounts of money in order to have the winning money ...

  8. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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    Quick Take: List of Scam Area Codes. More than 300 area codes exist in the United States alone which is a target-rich environment for phone scammers.

  9. Belford University - Wikipedia

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    Belford University was an organization that offered online unaccredited degrees for "life experience". The organization maintained a post office box in Humble, Texas, but its certificates were mailed from the United Arab Emirates. [1]