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2. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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   Scammers and bad actors are always looking for ways to get personal info with malicious intent. Know how to recognize legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications to keep your account secure.

3. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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   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.

4. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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   The preferred method of payment in a technical support scam is via gift cards. [41] Gift cards are favoured by scammers because they are readily available to buy and have less consumer protections in place that could allow the victim to reclaim their money back.

5. FBI: Scam that has cost senior citizens millions now in ... - AOL

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   Here's some tips to ensure you or others you know (it's good to alert older residents) don't fall prey to the scam: Remember that the government or legitimate businesses would not ask you to ...

6. Can you hear me? (alleged telephone scam) - Wikipedia

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   In early February 2017, a local British Columbia newspaper, The Delta Optimist, reported that consumers had made a "few complaints" about the calls being received in Canada. [7] On March 27, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission issued a report about the alleged scam. The agency stated that they had received consumer complaints about the ...

7. White van speaker scam - Wikipedia

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   The white van speaker scam is a scam sales technique in which a con artist makes a buyer believe they are getting a good price on home entertainment products. Often a con artist will buy inexpensive, generic speakers [1] and convince potential buyers that they are premium products worth hundreds or thousands of dollars, offering them for sale at a price that the buyer thinks is heavily ...

8. A Devastating Click: How an Email Scam Can Cost You ... - AOL

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   The High Cost of Falling for an Email Scam. Calalang had his life’s savings drained from his bank account before he realized he was being conned. He had emigrated to Australia in 1986 and ...

9. Real estate scams are on the rise. Here’s what you ... - AOL

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   With high rents, home prices and inflation, data suggests scammers are increasingly targeting vulnerable renters and buyers. How you can avoid getting fooled.