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  2. 3 Common Digital Transaction Scams: How You Can Avoid Them - AOL

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    The shift from cash to digital payments -- credit cards and debit cards, mobile payment apps and digital wallets -- has taken the world by storm. According to a report by McKinsey & Company, more...

  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. Credit card fraud - Wikipedia

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    A fake automated teller slot used for "skimming". Credit card fraud is an inclusive term for fraud committed using a payment card, such as a credit card or debit card. [1] The purpose may be to obtain goods or services or to make payment to another account, which is controlled by a criminal.

  5. I’ve been scammed — will my bank refund the money? - AOL

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    If you report a stolen or lost credit or debit card after two days of noticing it’s missing — or within 60 days of receiving a statement with unauthorized charges — you won’t pay more than ...

  6. Use AOL Official Mail to confirm legitimate AOL emails

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    AOL Mail is focused on keeping you safe while you use the best mail product on the web. One way we do this is by protecting against phishing and scam emails though the use of AOL Official Mail. When we send you important emails, we'll mark the message with a small AOL icon beside the sender name.

  7. Friendly fraud - Wikipedia

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    Again, the use of card security codes [8] can show that the cardholder (or, in the case of the three-digit security codes written on the backs of U.S. credit cards, someone with physical possession of the card or at least knowledge of the number and the code) was present, but even the entry of a security code at purchase does not by itself ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. How to protect yourself from debit card skimming - AOL

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    In debit card skimming, fraudsters secretly install devices on ATMs or payment terminals to steal card details and PIN information. The skimmers capture data while a hidden camera or keypad ...