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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. A Devastating Click: How an Email Scam Can Cost You ... - AOL

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    The High Cost of Falling for an Email Scam. Calalang had his life’s savings drained from his bank account before he realized he was being conned. He had emigrated to Australia in 1986 and ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Ripoff Report - Wikipedia

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    December 8, 1998. Current status. Online. Ripoff Report is a privately owned and operated for-profit website founded by Ed Magedson. [1] The Ripoff Report has been online since December 1998 and is operated by Xcentric Ventures, LLC which is based in Tempe, Arizona. [2]

  6. 5 Warning Signs of a Debt Relief Scam - AOL

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    The combination of a global pandemic and soaring inflation has left many Americans with mountains of debt. The total household debt in the U.S. rose by $351 billion (2.2%) to reach $16.51 trillion ...

  7. Mail and wire fraud - Wikipedia

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    Mail and wire fraud. Mail fraud and wire fraud are terms used in the United States to describe the use of a physical (e.g., the U.S. Postal Service) or electronic (e.g., a phone, a telegram, a fax, or the Internet) mail system to defraud another, and are U.S. federal crimes. Jurisdiction is claimed by the federal government if the illegal ...

  8. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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    An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum. [1] [2] If a victim makes the payment, the ...

  9. Debt Relief Scams Shut Down by FTC - AOL

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