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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. The mystery behind those creepy 'Unknown' spam calls - AOL

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   Look up official contact information online and call that number to verify the legitimacy of the initial call. To further protect yourself, enable spam-blocking features on your phone.

4. Avoid Answering Calls from These Area Codes: Scam Phone ...

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   All it takes is a quick glance to know if the call is for real or not. The post Avoid Answering Calls from These Area Codes: Scam Phone Numbers Guide appeared first on Reader's Digest.

5. 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.

6. Package redirection scam - Wikipedia

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   A package redirection scam is a form of e-commerce fraud, where a malicious actor manipulates a shipping label, to trick the mail carrier into delivering the package to the wrong address. This is usually done through product returns to make the merchant believe that they mishandled the return package, and thus provide a refund without the item ...

7. White van speaker scam - Wikipedia

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   The white van speaker scam is a scam sales technique in which a con artist makes a buyer believe they are getting a good price on home entertainment products. Often a con artist will buy inexpensive, generic speakers [1] and convince potential buyers that they are premium products worth hundreds or thousands of dollars, offering them for sale at a price that the buyer thinks is heavily ...