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2. New ‘Phantom Hacker’ Scam: How To Protect Your Money - AOL

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   The FBI has requested that fraud victims of this scam submit a report to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). The FBI asks for the following information: The name of the person or ...

3. Surge in fraud for those 60 or older costs them billions, FBI ...

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   The FBI's elder fraud report was compiled by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), which found that complaints filed by victims over the age of 60 rose 11% from 2022 with 101,068 complainants ...

4. FBI warns of 'The Phantom Hacker' scam - AOL

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   The FBI is warning of a scam targeting older people in which fraudsters pose as technology, banking or government officials reporting an account breach by foreign hackers. The new scam, dubbed ...

5. FBI Cyber Division - Wikipedia

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   FBI Cyber Division. The Cyber Division ( CyD) is a Federal Bureau of Investigation division which heads the national effort to investigate and prosecute internet crimes, including "cyber based terrorism, espionage, computer intrusions, and major cyber fraud." This division of the FBI uses the information it gathers during investigation to ...

6. Internet fraud prevention - Wikipedia

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   Internet fraud prevention is the act of stopping various types of internet fraud.Due to the many different ways of committing fraud over the Internet, such as stolen credit cards, identity theft, phishing, and chargebacks, users of the Internet, including online merchants, financial institutions and consumers who make online purchases, must make sure to avoid or minimize the risk of falling ...

7. Internet fraud - Wikipedia

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   In the FBI's 2017 Internet Crime Report, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received about 300,000 complaints. Victims lost over $1.4 billion in online fraud in 2017. [4] In a 2018 study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and McAfee , cybercrime costs the global economy as much as $600 billion, which translates ...

8. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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   If you get an email providing you a PIN number and an 800 or 888 number to call, this a scam to try and steal valuable personal info. These emails will often ask you to call AOL at the number provided, provide the PIN number and will ask for account details including your password. AOL will NEVER ask for your password and would not ask you to ...

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

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   Fraud alerts are free and last 90 days or seven years, depending on which type of alert you choose. To reach the three nationwide credit bureaus, just visit their website or give one of them a ...