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

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   Since there is no limit to a scam artist’s potential, recognizing signs of common scams will serve you well. Here are examples of three of the most common scams out there today and how to block ...

4. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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   What are 800 and 888 phone number scams? If you get an email providing you a PIN number and an 800 or 888 number to call, this a scam to try and steal valuable personal info. These emails will often ask you to call AOL at the number provided, provide the PIN number and will ask for account details including your password.

5. What You Need to Know About Phone Scams - AOL

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   Always use a strong password with a combination of letters, numbers and special symbols. Register for two-factor authentication if a website lets you do so. The scammer may not attempt to breach ...

6. Avoid Answering Calls from These Area Codes: Scam Phone ... - AOL

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   Although scam callers once used a 900 number, they’ve changed their methods as the general public became aware of their tactic. Now, many scam phone numbers have different area codes, including ...

7. FTC: US consumers lost $770 million in social media scams in ...

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   That number has also increased 18 times from the $42 million in social media fraud reported in 2017, the FTC said, as new types of scams involving cryptocurrency and online shopping became more ...

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. An unsecured SMS spam operation doxxed its owners | TechCrunch

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   A leaky database of SMS text messages exposed password resets and two-factor codes. Chipotle customers are saying their accounts have been hacked. We found a massive spam operation — and sunk ...