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  2. ‘Goodbye Meta AI’ Is a Privacy Hoax - AOL

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    Former American Idol contestant and drag queen Ada Vox warned her followers on Facebook on Sept. 7 to stop sharing the message, saying: “Hackers use posts like that to target gullible and ...

  3. Email spoofing - Wikipedia

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    Email spoofing is the creation of email messages with a forged sender address. [1] The term applies to email purporting to be from an address which is not actually the sender's; mail sent in reply to that address may bounce or be delivered to an unrelated party whose identity has been faked.

  4. 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.

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

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    The message may also state that if you do not act in the next 24 hours, Facebook will delete your account permanently. ... Another version of this Facebook phishing scam targets Facebook business ...

  6. Social spam - Wikipedia

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    As email spam filters became more effective, catching over 95% of these messages, spammers have moved to a new target – the social web. [3] Over 90% of social network users have experienced social spam in some form. [4] Those doing the “spamming” can be automated spambots/social bots, fake accounts, or real people. [5]

  7. Hoax - Wikipedia

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    A typical hoax is an email message warning recipients of a non-existent threat, usually forging quotes supposedly from authorities such as Microsoft and IBM. In most cases the payload is an exhortation to distribute the message to everyone in the recipient's address book. Thus the e-mail "warning" is itself the "virus."

  8. These 3 words in a text message mean you’re being ... - AOL

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    Because the word “kindly” is most likely used by a foreign national, it’s possible that the message is being sent by someone in an overseas “boiler room” out to scam you. “If you see ...

  9. 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 ...