When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Here's how to spot a scam online - AOL

    www.aol.com/lifestyle/protect-yourself-email...

    Yahoo Life is committed to finding you the best products at the best prices. Some of the products written about here are offered in affiliation with Yahoo. We may receive a share from purchases ...

  3. What is 'smishing'? FBI warns of scam texts impersonating NC ...

    www.aol.com/smishing-fbi-warns-scam-texts...

    The first reports of the scam were made in early March. NC is one of several states affected by the "smishing" scam. Here's what we know.

  4. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

    help.aol.com/articles/identify-legitimate-aol...

    • 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. How to spot a scam online - AOL

    www.aol.com/lifestyle/over-60-tell-someone...

    And whatever you do, don’t send cash, gift cards, or money transfers. You can report scam phone calls to the FTC Complaint Assistant. Online scam No. 4: "Tech support” reaches out to you ...

  6. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

    help.aol.com/articles/protect-yourself-from...

    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. Control excessive spam email - AOL Help

    help.aol.com/articles/Control-excessive-spam-email

    If you've started to receive an endless flow of junk email, you may be the victim of spam bombing. This is a tactic used by bad actors and hackers to distract you from seeing emails that really are important to you. This can also be an indication that another login account has been compromised. Why is this happening?

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

    www.aol.com/lifestyle/phish-cybersecurity...

    Typically phishing scams will try to get you to provide credentials "that can be used to log in to some account, revealing private information that can be used for identity theft, providing credit ...

  9. How email spoofing can affect AOL Mail

    help.aol.com/articles/what-is-email-spoofing-and...

    A compromised (hacked) account means someone else accessed your account by obtaining your password. Spoofed email occurs when the "From" field of a message is altered to show your address, which doesn't necessarily mean someone else accessed your account. You can identify whether your account is hacked or spoofed with the help of your Sent folder.