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  2. 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.

  3. Caller ID spoofing - Wikipedia

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    Caller ID spoofing is a spoofing attack which causes the telephone network's Caller ID to indicate to the receiver of a call that the originator of the call is a station other than the true originating station. This can lead to a display showing a phone number different from that of the telephone from which the call was placed.

  4. 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...

  5. Fictitious telephone number - Wikipedia

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    Fictitious numbers in (011x) and (01x1) area codes mostly end with the digits 496 0xxx, however Tyneside uses (0191) 498 0xxx. London uses 020 7946 0xxx; Cardiff uses 029 2018 0xxx; and Northern Ireland now uses 028 9649 6xxx after a previously reserved range was allocated for actual use.

  6. Add, replace or remove AOL account recovery info - AOL Help

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    Add, replace or remove AOL account recovery info. Keep a valid mobile phone number or email address on your account in case you ever lose your password or run into a prompt to verify your...

  7. Demands by phone, fake websites, harassing the bereaved: How ...

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    Scammers have been manipulating search results to provide false phone numbers or direct customers to fake sites. Delete suspicious emails or texts that say they're from FPL

  8. Phishing - Wikipedia

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    SMS phishing or smishing is a type of phishing attack that uses text messages from a cell phone or smartphone to deliver a bait message. The victim is usually asked to click a link, call a phone number, or contact an email address provided by the attacker.

  9. Use AOL Certified Mail to confirm legitimate AOL emails

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    When you get a message that seems to be from AOL, but it doesn't have those 2 indicators, and it isn't alternatively marked as AOL Official Mail, it might be a fake email. Make sure you mark it as spam and don't click on any links in the email.

  10. Telephone number verification - Wikipedia

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    Telephone number verification (or validation) services are online services used to establish whether a given telephone number is in service. They may include a form of Turing test to further determine if a human answers or answering equipment such as a modem , fax , voice mMail or answering machine .

  11. Add or disable 2-step verification for extra security - AOL Help

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    Find out how to turn on 2-step verification and receive a verification code, and how to turn off 2-step verification if you need to. Use 2-step with phone verification We'll send you a...