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  2. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    Call live aol support at. 1-800-358-4860. Get live expert help with your AOL needs—from email and passwords, technical questions, mobile email and more.

  3. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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    List of Scam Area Codes. More than 300 area codes exist in the United States alone which is a target-rich environment for phone scammers. The good news is that scam callers will often show up ...

  4. Lottery scam - Wikipedia

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    A lottery scam is a type of advance-fee fraud which begins with an unexpected email notification, phone call, or mailing (sometimes including a large check) explaining that "You have won!" a large sum of money in a lottery. The recipient of the message—the target of the scam—is usually told to keep the notice secret, "due to a mix-up in ...

  5. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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    Advance-fee scam. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum. [ 1][ 2] If a victim makes the ...

  6. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    This is such a common crime that the state of Arizona listed affinity scams of this type as its number one scam for 2009. In one recent nationwide religious scam, churchgoers are said to have lost more than $50 million in a phony gold bullion scheme, promoted on daily telephone prayer chains, in which they thought they could earn a huge return ...

  7. Top 15 financial scams targeting older Americans — and what ...

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    The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received more than 101,000 reports of scams and fraud against people ages 60 and older in 2023, causing seniors to lose over $3.4 billion. And those ...

  8. Cybersecurity 101: How to protect your cell phone number and ...

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    What you can do to protect your phone number. Just like you can apply two-factor authentication to your online accounts, you can add a secondary security code to your cell phone account, too. You ...

  9. What to do when the robocalls won't stop - Engadget

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    T-Mobile implemented a Scam ID (which identifies suspicious numbers with "Scam Likely") and "Scam Block" (which blocks them altogether) system in 2017, but it announced late last year that it was ...