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

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    Scammers know how to fake a phone number Kerskie describes a scam where a client received a spoof call from what he thought was his daughter’s phone. The caller claimed his daughter was in ...

  3. 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.

  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. Real-Estate Ripoffs: Have You Experienced Any of These? - AOL

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    3. Mortgage Fraud. This scam involves being misled or deceived about the terms of a mortgage. Predatory lenders might offer loans with extremely high-interest rates, hidden fees, or balloon payments.

  6. What to do when your mortgage servicer gets hacked - AOL

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    How to manage mortgage payments during a cyberattack. If a cyberattack disrupts your ability to make your mortgage payments, contact your mortgage servicer right away to discuss your options. You ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Real estate scams are on the rise. Here’s what you ... - AOL

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    The contact number and email listed, however, wasn’t hers. “Each of these people believed they’d been emailing with me and were about to wire $4,500 for rent and security to whoever put up ...

  9. Mortgage fraud - Wikipedia

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    Mortgage fraud refers to an intentional misstatement, misrepresentation, or omission of information relied upon by an underwriter or lender to fund, purchase, or insure a loan secured by real property. Criminal offenses may be prosecuted in either federal or state court, and are typically charged under wire fraud, bank fraud, mail fraud, or ...