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  2. Online Reseller Scams: How Buying Stolen Goods Could Get You ...

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    3. Penalties for Buying Stolen Goods. Depending on the value of the stolen merchandise, you could be charged for a misdemeanor or felony. For example, depending on where you are and how an item ...

  3. How to fight Venmo and PayPal scams [Video] - AOL

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    If you need additional help, Venmo and PayPal offer support pages to help you navigate other scams. Follow these steps and you should be just a bit safer online. Sign up for Yahoo Finance Tech ...

  4. PayPal - Wikipedia

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    PayPal allows customers to send, receive, and hold funds in 25 currencies worldwide. Business model evolution. PayPal's success in users and volumes was the product of a three-phase strategy described by former eBay CEO Meg Whitman: "First, PayPal focused on expanding its service among eBay users in the US. Second, we began expanding PayPal to ...

  5. Internet fraud - Wikipedia

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    Internet fraud is a type of cybercrime fraud or deception which makes use of the Internet and could involve hiding of information or providing incorrect information for the purpose of tricking victims out of money, property, and inheritance. [1] Internet fraud is not considered a single, distinctive crime but covers a range of illegal and ...

  6. 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.

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

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    The Better Business Bureau also warns of directory scams, which it says have targeted businesses for decades. Scammers try to get businesses to pay for a listing or ad space in a non-existent ...

  8. PayPaI - Wikipedia

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    PayPaI. PaypaI is a phishing scam, which targets account holders of the widely used internet payment service, PayPal, taking advantage of the fact that a capital "i" may be difficult to distinguish from a lower-case "L" in some computer fonts. This is a form of a homograph attack . The scam involves sending PayPal account holders a notification ...

  9. 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.