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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. 15 Common Financial Scams — And How to Avoid Them - AOL

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    Money for Nothing. Every year, about 90% of consumers either fall for or encounter online scams. And while many consumers are sophisticated enough to avoid some of the most common scams, it doesn ...

  4. 8 ways to spot personal loan scams and protect your finances

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    Bankrate tip. If you struggle to access funds due to your credit history, compare bad credit personal loan rates where you are more likely to gain acceptance. 2. Upfront fees and hidden costs ...

  5. Credit Card Processing Scams and Fraud - AOL

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    Credit card processing scams come in all forms. They can be a phone call from an alleged merchant service provider saying your card terminal needs updating or an email offering rate reductions.

  6. Genesis Market - Wikipedia

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    Genesis Market was a cybercrime-facilitation website noted for its easy-to-use interface. It enabled users to spoof over two million different victims, providing access to their bank accounts. It enabled users to spoof over two million different victims, providing access to their bank accounts.

  7. 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.

  8. Bank fraud - Wikipedia

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    A fraudulent loan, however, is one in which the borrower is a business entity controlled by a dishonest bank officer or an accomplice; the "borrower" then declares bankruptcy or vanishes and the money is gone. The borrower may even be a non-existent entity and the loan is merely an artifice to conceal a theft of a large sum of money from the bank.

  9. Ask the Dolans: Is this loan a scam?

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