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  2. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • Phishing - an attempt by scammers to pose as a legitimate company or individual to steal someone's personal information, usernames, passwords, or other account information. • 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 ...

  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. RateMyProfessors.com - Wikipedia

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    Launched. May 1999; 25 years ago. ( 1999-05) RateMyProfessors.com ( RMP) is a review site founded in May 1999 by John Swapceinski, a software engineer from Menlo Park, California, which allows anyone to assign ratings to professors and campuses of American, Canadian, and United Kingdom institutions. [1] The site was originally launched as ...

  5. How to know a job offer isn't a scam: Did a professor really ...

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    Reports to the BBB Scam Tracker about employment scams jumped by 54% in 2023 from the previous year. The median loss reported by consumers was $1,995 last year. That's up from $1,500 in 2022. Job ...

  6. Here's how to spot a scam online - AOL

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    What do email phishing scams look like? They're not as easy to spot as you'd think. These emails often look like they're from a company you know or trust, the FTC says.

  7. How to spot phishing scams and keep your info safe - AOL

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    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 submit certain ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Rate Your Students - Wikipedia

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    Rate Your Students was a weblog that ran from November 2005 to June 2010. It was started by a "tenured humanities professor from the South," but was run for most of its five years by a rotating group of anonymous academics. The blog has not been updated since Dec 2010. In an article from the Arizona State Web Devil, one of many that appeared on ...