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  2. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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    The good news is that scams operate in many known area codes, so you can avoid being the next victim simply by honing in on the list of scammer phone numbers. Read Next: 6 Unusual Ways To Make ...

  3. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    This is such a common crime that the state of Arizona listed affinity scams of this type as its number one scam for 2009. In one recent nationwide religious scam, churchgoers are said to have lost more than $50 million in a phony gold bullion scheme, promoted on daily telephone prayer chains, in which they thought they could earn a huge return ...

  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. Avoid Answering Calls from These Area Codes: Scam Phone ...

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    Scam phone numbers: International Area Codes with a +1 Country Code. 232—Sierra Leone. 242 — Bahamas. 246 — Barbados. 268 — Antigua. 284 — British Virgin Islands. 345 — Cayman Islands.

  6. Employment fraud - Wikipedia

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    Employment fraud is the attempt to defraud people seeking employment by giving them false hope of better employment, offering better working hours, more respectable tasks, future opportunities, or higher wages. [1] They often advertise at the same locations as genuine employers and may ask for money in exchange for the opportunity to apply for ...

  7. Employment firm's name stolen to lure job seekers into scam

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    Scammers have stolen the identity of a national employment firm and are using it to trap consumers with a money-laundering scheme that claims to be a mystery-shopping job. The St. Louis Better ...

  8. Job fraud - Wikipedia

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    Job fraud is fraudulent or deceptive activity or representation on the part of an employee or prospective employee toward an employer. [1] It is not to be confused with employment fraud, where an employer scams job seekers or fails to pay wages for work performed. There are several types of job frauds that employees or potential employees ...

  9. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    What are 800 and 888 phone number scams? 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.