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  2. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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    The good news is that scams operate in many known area codes, so you can avoid being the next victim simply by knowing the list of scammer phone numbers. Trending Now: Pocket an Extra $400 a Month ...

  3. 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.

  4. What You Need to Know About Phone Scams - AOL

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    People talking phone. Men and women calling by telephone. Communication and conversation with smartphone vector characters set. Illustration of phone call, speaking social, talking and chatting

  5. How Extortion Scams and Review Bombing Trolls Turned ...

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    To leave product reviews on Amazon, users not only have to have a registered account with a verified email and phone number, they must also have spent at least $50 on the site using a valid credit ...

  6. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    What are 800 and 888 phone number scams? 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.

  7. Telemarketing fraud - Wikipedia

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    Scam Identification is a feature of the T-Mobile and Metro carrier network which can be controlled by the app Scam Shield, customer care or dialing the short code #664 to turn on or off scam blocking. There are a number of phone apps which try to identify, screen, send to voicemail or otherwise deter telemarketing calls with most major carriers ...

  8. Voice phishing - Wikipedia

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    Voice phishing, or vishing, [1] is the use of telephony (often Voice over IP telephony) to conduct phishing attacks. Landline telephone services have traditionally been trustworthy; terminated in physical locations known to the telephone company, and associated with a bill-payer. Now however, vishing fraudsters often use modern Voice over IP ...

  9. Black Axe (organized crime group) - Wikipedia

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    "The South African members of the group were accused of running romance scams and advance-fee schemes defrauding investors between 2011 and 2021." [13] They used the widely known Nigerian email scams, as well as social media, dating websites, and phone numbers to target US citizens.