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  2. What's a six-digit verification code — and why you should ...

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    Never give a verification code to a stranger. No one should ever ask you for a six-digit verification code — not a stranger on social media, not tech support, not even your bank. If someone does ...

  3. 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.

  4. Card security code - Wikipedia

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    There are several types of security codes and PVV (all generated from DES key in the bank in HSM modules using PAN, expiration date and service code): . The first code, 3 numbers, called CVC1 or CVV1, is encoded on track one and two of the magnetic stripe of the card and used for card present transactions, with signature (second track also contains pin verification value, PVV, but now it is ...

  5. What is a credit card security code? - AOL

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    A credit card security code is a three- or four-digit code that’s unique to your card. In case a merchant asks, the security code goes by a few different names , mainly the: Card Verification ...

  6. Use AOL Official Mail to confirm legitimate AOL emails

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    If you get a message that seems like it's from AOL, but it doesn't have those 2 indicators, and it isn't alternatively marked as AOL Certified Mail, it might be a fake email. Make sure you immediately mark it as spam and don't click on any links in the email.

  7. Scareware - Wikipedia

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    A 2010 study by Google found 11,000 domains hosting fake anti-virus software, accounting for 50% of all malware delivered via internet advertising. [ 9 ] Starting on March 29, 2011, more than 1.5 million web sites around the world have been infected by the LizaMoon SQL injection attack spread by scareware.

  8. What Is a Credit Card Security Code and Why Is It ... - AOL

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    A card security code is a three- or four-digit number on the back of credit and debit cards that ensures the authenticity of transactions when a physical card is not presented at the point of sale ...

  9. Protecting your AOL Account

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    • Many fake sites will place a picture of a fake lock icon on their site. Ensure that the secure lock icon is in the browser frame and not inside the browser window. Reject or delete unnecessary cookies. Cookies are small bits of computer code planted in your computer by most websites that you visit.