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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. 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.

4. How to spot a scam online - AOL

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   You can report scam phone calls to the FTC Complaint Assistant. Online scam No. 4 : "Tech support” reaches out to you unsolicited Real tech support never reaches out to you unsolicited.

5. Is that a scam? How to recognize and report fraudulent behavior

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   Contact your bank or credit card company if you paid a scammer to report a fraudulent charge. If you sent cash by mail, contact the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and ask them to intercept the ...

6. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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   Technical support scams rely on social engineering to persuade victims that their device is infected with malware. [15] [16] Scammers use a variety of confidence tricks to persuade the victim to install remote desktop software, with which the scammer can then take control of the victim's computer.

7. Virus hoax - Wikipedia

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   Anti-virus specialists agree that recipients should delete virus hoaxes when they receive them, instead of forwarding them. [5] [6] McAfee says: We are advising users who receive the email to delete it and DO NOT pass it on as this is how an email HOAX propagates. [5] F-Secure recommends: Do not forward hoax messages.