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  2. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • Phishing - an attempt by scammers to pose as a legitimate company or individual to steal someone's personal information, usernames, passwords, or other account information. • 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 ...

  3. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    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 ...

  4. Believable email scam affects thousands in Australia - AOL

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  5. 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.

  6. New Hotel Phishing Scam — Be Careful If You’re Offered a ...

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    In defense of the victim of the hotel phishing prepayment scam, the email offer did come from the hotel’s reservation email address. This alone made it appear to be a legitimate offer. However ...

  7. Email fraud - Wikipedia

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    Email fraud (or email scam) is intentional deception for either personal gain or to damage another individual using email as the vehicle. Almost as soon as email became widely used, it began to be used as a means to de fraud people, just as telephony and paper mail were used by previous generations.

  8. Internet fraud - Wikipedia

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    Nina Kollars of the Naval War College explains an Internet fraud scheme that she stumbled upon while shopping on eBay.. Internet fraud is a type of cybercrime fraud or deception which makes use of the Internet and could involve hiding of information or providing incorrect information for the purpose of tricking victims out of money, property, and inheritance.

  9. The Best Affordable Swimwear For Summer 2021, According ... - AOL

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    Between chlorine, sunscreen, sweat and sun damage, it doesn't always make sense to drop a ton of money on a brand new bikini, tankini or one-piece (no matter how cute it may be). Fortunately for ...