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

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    The High Cost of Falling for an Email Scam. ... A recent Citibank survey showed that while 90% of those surveyed felt confident they could spot the signs of a financial scam, almost one-third of ...

  4. More than 65,000 fake students applied for financial aid in ...

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    California officials and community college staff have uncovered what is believed to be one of the state's largest college financial aid scam attempts. More than 65,000 fake students applied for ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Federal Student Aid - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Federal Student Aid ( FSA ), an office of the U.S. Department of Education, is the largest provider of student financial aid in the United States. Federal Student Aid provides student financial assistance in the form of grants, loans, and work-study funds. FSA is a Performance-Based Organization, and was the first PBO to be established ...

  8. San Diego State University - Wikipedia

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    1964 [7] San Diego State University ( SDSU) is a public research university in San Diego, California. Founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CSU) system. The university offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees through ...

  9. How to Avoid Becoming a Financial Scam Victim - AOL

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    How to Avoid Becoming a Financial Scam Victim. Loren Berlin. Updated July 14, 2016 at 9:23 PM. ... the Internet Crime Complaint Center or your state's attorney general's office.