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2. Cashier’s Check Scams: How To Avoid Them - AOL

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   Yes — common cashier’s check scams involve getting the victim to deposit a fake check and wire transfer the money back to the scammer. Here are five cashier’s check scams to avoid: Mystery ...

3. Renters Beware: Scammers With Very Believable Listings - AOL

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   This other class of scam artists hooks renters by copying and reposting legitimate listings on sites like Craigslist, reports the Fox 40 TV station in Sacramento, Calif. These scammers try to ...

4. Common Craigslist scam to watch out for - AOL

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   People may seem trusting on Craigslist, but when selecting a roommate here are some tricks to look out for.

5. 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.

6. List of scams - Wikipedia

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   Scams and confidence tricks are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type. Throughout this list, the perpetrator of the confidence trick is called the "con artist" or simply "artist", and the intended victim is the "mark".

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 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 discounted ...

8. 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.

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