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2. 11 Online Shopping Scam Warning Signs You Should Never Ignore

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   Scam Away. According to the Federal Trade Commission, scams cost consumers a whopping $8.8 billion in 2022, a 30% increase from 2021, and it only expects that number to rise. Scammers' favorite ...

3. Watch out for these 4 scams while shopping online

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   Bogus shipping notices: “Your package is running late” Another popular scam: receiving what seems to be a FedEx, UPS, or Postal Service email notifying you that your package is running late. The email includes a link to track the package...but it’s a scam. One fateful click and you’ve wound up with a virus or worse on your hard drive.

4. 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.

5. Online purchase scams are most common cons reported to ... - AOL

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   Buyers need to watch for red flags and investigate to see if a company is real or a scam. Social media is a cost-effective way to advertise products. Buyers need to watch for red flags and ...

6. List of Scamming Websites: 11 Fake Shopping Sites To Avoid - AOL

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   Commerce sites can be helpful and deliver exactly what you want or need. In other situations, they can leave you with false hopes, charges on your credit card and very little or nothing to show for...

7. PageNet - Wikipedia

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   PageNet. PageNet , also known as Paging Network, Inc., was founded in 1981 by entrepreneur George Perrin and ceased in 1999. The company grew to become the largest wireless messaging company in the world, with more than 10 million pagers in service, and $1 billion in revenues, before the paging industry's rapid decline in the late 1990s.

8. Package redirection scam - Wikipedia

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   Package redirection scam. A package redirection scam is a form of e-commerce fraud, where a malicious actor manipulates a shipping label, to trick the mail carrier into delivering the package to the wrong address. This is usually done through product returns to make the merchant believe that they mishandled the return package, and thus provide ...

9. Here's What to Do When You’re a Fraud or Scam Victim - AOL

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   5. Report the Crime. It’s important to report the scam to the proper authorities. Though it may be difficult to catch the thieves, reporting the crime to the United States government helps ...