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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. Preventing this insidious email forwarding scam that will ...

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    4) Monitor your accounts: Keep an eye on your financial accounts, email accounts and social media for any unusual activity. If you think scammers have stolen your identity, consider identity theft ...

  4. Go phish? Cybersecurity experts explain what phishing scams are

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    Phishing scams are trying to get a hold of your private information, such as your social security number or bank account. Typically phishing scams will try to get you to provide credentials "that ...

  5. Why that blackmailer claiming to have your search history ...

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    In these scams, someone tells a victim they have access to embarrassing search history or compromising photos. The scammers then demand money or they will release it to family and friends. They're ...

  6. 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 ...

  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. Recognize a hacked AOL Mail account

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    Signs of a hacked account • You're not receiving any emails. • Your AOL Mail is sending spam to your contacts. • You keep getting bumped offline when you're signed into your account. • You see logins from unexpected locations on your recent activity page. • Your account info or mail settings were changed without your knowledge.

  9. FCC warns of 50-state scam by fraudsters posing as mortgage ...

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    FCC warns of 50-state scam by fraudsters posing as mortgage lenders. Kate Gibson. Updated January 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM. ... or to upload funds to a Walmart Green Dot Money Card account.