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2. New ‘Phantom Hacker’ Scam: How To Protect Your Money - AOL

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   The FBI has reported that around 19,000 victims of tech-support scams sent in complaints from January to June of this year with estimated losses of over $542 million. See: 19 Dangerous Scam Phone ...

3. Seniors, Beware of These Scams - AOL

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   Seniors lose more money by far to scams than any other demographic, with the median loss totaling $350, the Better Business Bureau found. And not surprisingly, there has also been a tide of ...

4. FBI highlights growing number of reported elder fraud cases - AOL

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   According to the FBI's latest Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) data, there have already been $1.6 billion in losses from January to May of 2024, up nearly $300 million from the same time ...

5. 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.

6. Google announces new scam detection tools that provide real ...

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   Tue, May 14, 2024 · 1 min read. Google. Google just announced forthcoming scam detection tools coming to Android phones later this year, which is a good thing as these scammers keep getting ...

7. FBI issues scam alert - AOL

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   If you think you are a victim of this, or any other online scam please file a report with your local law enforcement agency and the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov.

8. FBI says Americans lost $10.3 billion to internet ... - Engadget

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   The FBI reports that Americans submitting incidents to the agency lost $10.3 billion to internet scams in 2022, a steep jump from $6.9 billion in 2021. While there were fewer complaints (800,944 ...

9. Even the FBI says you should use an ad blocker | TechCrunch

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   The feds say cybercriminals are buying online ads to impersonate brands with the aim of stealing or extorting money from victims.