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  2. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • Don't use internet search engines to find AOL contact info, as they may lead you to malicious websites and support scams. Always go directly to AOL Help Central for legitimate AOL customer support. • Never click suspicious-looking links. Hover over hyperlinks with your cursor to preview the destination URL.

  3. Beware of tax scam emails and phone calls, IRS warns - AOL

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    If the IRS sends a tax bill to a private debt collection service, it notifies the taxpayer first. The IRS website, www.irs.gov, has much more information about scammers — search the site for "scam."

  4. Trusting tax-scam companies to 'negotiate' with the IRS can ...

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    OIC companies aren’t alike: some are better, or worse, than others. These companies often don’t take tax cases if the taxpayer owes less than $10,000.

  5. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    A recovery room scam is a form of advance-fee fraud where the scammer (sometimes posing as a law enforcement officer or attorney) calls investors who have been sold worthless shares (for example in a boiler-room scam), and offers to buy them, to allow the investors to recover their investments. [92]

  6. IRS impersonation scam - Wikipedia

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    An IRS impersonation scam is a class of telecommunications fraud and scam which targets American taxpayers by masquerading as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) collection officers. [1] The scammers operate by placing disturbing official-sounding calls to unsuspecting citizens, threatening them with arrest and frozen assets if thousands of dollars ...

  7. SunPass scam crackdown: 10 fake websites shut down in Florida ...

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    In the scam, Florida residents received text messages notifying them about an outstanding charge on their SunPass toll road payments. "We've noticed an outstanding toll amount of $12.51 in your ...

  8. Overpayment scam - Wikipedia

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    An overpayment scam, also known as a refund scam, is a type of confidence trick designed to prey upon victims' good faith.In the most basic form, an overpayment scam consists of a scammer claiming, falsely, to have sent a victim an excess amount of money.

  9. Scam Alert: IRS Warns of Scammers Asking for Gift Cards for ...

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    If you believe you’ve been targeted by a scammer — even if you didn’t fall for the scheme — you should immediately contact the Treasury inspector general for tax administration through the ...