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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. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    The internet can be a fun place to interact with people and gain info, however, it can also be a dangerous place if you don't know what you're doing. Many times, these scams initiate from an unsolicited email. If you do end up getting any suspicious or fraudulent emails, make sure you immediately delete the message or mark it as spam.

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

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    He had seen some measure of success and had set aside nearly $150,000, which he counted on as a nest egg to care for his family and himself after retirement. Now, after all that work, Calalang has ...

  5. 401(k) and IRA hardship withdrawals – 5 ways to minimize ...

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    So if they need the money for other hardship reasons (such as a principal residence, tuition or funeral expenses), account owners will still end up paying the 10 percent penalty tax. 4. Focus on ...

  6. Use AOL Certified Mail to confirm legitimate AOL emails

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    If you're ever concerned about the legitimacy of these emails, just check to see if there's a green "AOL Certified Mail" icon beside the sender name. When you open the email, you'll also see the Certified Mail banner above the message details. When you get a message that seems to be from AOL, but it doesn't have those 2 indicators, and it isn't ...

  7. Think Scammers Only Target Seniors? 4 Money Scams Gen Z ... - AOL

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    Lee said that, according to Sift’s just-released first quarter Digital Trust & Safety Index, 33% of Gen Z consumers in the U.S. know someone who has participated, or have personally participated ...

  8. Ripoff Report - Wikipedia

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    December 8, 1998. Current status. Online. Ripoff Report is a privately owned and operated for-profit website founded by Ed Magedson. [1] The Ripoff Report has been online since December 1998 and is operated by Xcentric Ventures, LLC which is based in Tempe, Arizona. [2]

  9. 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 ...