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2. List of fake news websites - Wikipedia

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   The man behind one of America's biggest 'fake news' websites is a former BBC worker from London whose mother writes many of his stories. Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 35, runs YourNewsWire.com, the source of scores of dubious news stories, including claims that the Queen had threatened to abdicate if the UK voted against Brexit.

3. Fake news websites in the United States - Wikipedia

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   MediaFetcher.com is a fake news website generator. It has various templates for creating false articles about celebrities of a user's choice. Often users miss the disclaimer at the bottom of the page, before re-sharing. The website has prompted many readers to speculate about the deaths of various celebrities.

4. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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   • Spoofing - used by spammers to make an email or website appear as if it's from someone you trust. • 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.

5. Typosquatting - Wikipedia

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   Typosquatting, also called URL hijacking, a sting site, a cousin domain, or a fake URL, is a form of cybersquatting, and possibly brandjacking which relies on mistakes such as typos made by Internet users when inputting a website address into a web browser. A user accidentally entering an incorrect website address may be led to any URL ...

6. 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 ...

7. Protecting your AOL Account - AOL Help

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   The "s" indicates that the site is secure. In addition, most browsers display a small picture of a lock on the browser frame at the bottom to indicate that the site is secure; however, just having both these features doesn't make a site legitimate. The company running it could be fraudulent or the website could be fake.

8. ABCnews.com.co - Wikipedia

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   ABCnews.com.co was a fake news website which mimicked the URL, design and logo of the ABC News website. [1] [2] Many stories from ABCnews.com.co were widely shared before being debunked. [3] The website's disclaimer page gave the address of the Westboro Baptist Church as its primary location. [4]

9. 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 ...