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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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   The internet can be a fun place to interact with people and gain info, however, it can also be a dangerous place if you don't know what you're doing. Many times, these scams initiate from an unsolicited email. If you do end up getting any suspicious or fraudulent emails, make sure you immediately delete the message or mark it as spam.

4. Here's how to spot a scam online - AOL

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   Some examples: They say they've noticed suspicious activity or log-in attempts on your account. They claim there’s a problem with your account or your payment information. They say you need to ...

5. A Devastating Click: How an Email Scam Can Cost You ... - AOL

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   The High Cost of Falling for an Email Scam. ... To prevent this, contact relatives directly, call the main number of the bank scammers claim to be representing and, most importantly, trust your ...

6. This is when you're most likely to get a spam call - AOL

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   Cracking down on unwanted calls. In July 2023, the FCC announced a nationwide crackdown on unwanted spam calls and telemarketing scams. Operation Stop Scam Calls is a combined effort from the FTC ...

7. How email spoofing can affect AOL Mail - AOL Help

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   How email spoofing can affect AOL Mail. Spoofing happens when someone sends emails making it look like it they were sent from your account. In reality, the emails are sent through a spoofer's non-AOL server. They show your address in the "From" field to trick people into opening them and potentially infecting their accounts and computers.

8. 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. Email fraud can take the form of a confidence ...

9. What You Need to Know About Spam Calls and 7 Ways to ... - AOL

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   Just like setting up a secondary email account for e-newsletters or marketing promotions, or renting a P.O. Box to protect your home address, moving to a second number for personal calls while ...