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2. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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   • Don't use internet search engines to find AOL contact info, as they may lead you to malicious websites and support scams. Always go directly to AOL Help Central for legitimate AOL customer support. • Never click suspicious-looking links. Hover over hyperlinks with your cursor to preview the destination URL.

3. 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. If you get an ...

4. Fake news websites in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Many popular fake news websites like ABCnews.com.co attempted to impersonate a legitimate U.S. news publication, relying on readers not actually checking the address they typed or clicked on. They exploited common misspellings, slight misphrasings and abuse of top-level domains such as .com.co as opposed to .com.

5. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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   Scammers target a variety of people, though research by Microsoft suggests that millennials (defined by Microsoft as age 24-37) and people part of generation Z (age 18-23) have the highest exposure to tech support scams and the Federal Trade Commission has found that seniors (age 60 and over) are more likely to lose money to tech support scams.

6. Virus hoax - Wikipedia

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   Virus hoax. A computer virus hoax is a message warning the recipients of a non-existent computer virus threat. The message is usually a chain e-mail that tells the recipients to forward it to everyone they know, but it can also be in the form of a pop-up window. [1] [2]

7. 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 ...

8. Tech-enabled tax scams are more common than you think - AOL

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   The same goes for phone calls. "Phone calls demanding money are another common tech-enabled tax scam," Ramzan told Yahoo Finance. "Scammers use bots and robocallers to send thousands of calls at ...

9. Fraudsters target small businesses with scams. Here are some ...

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   It's never fun to be scammed, but if you're a small business owner then falling for a scam can have long-lasting effects on a business, damaging client relationships and profit. Plenty of types of ...