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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. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    The internet can be a fun place to interact with people and gain info, however, it can also be a dangerous place if you don't know what you're doing. Many times, these scams initiate from an unsolicited email. If you do end up getting any suspicious or fraudulent emails, make sure you immediately delete the message or mark it as spam.

  4. New social media scam - keep your Instagram account ... - AOL

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    Scammers don't need much information to hack accounts and steal information. Consumer Advocate gives tips on keeping your Instagram account secure.

  5. Instagram users are easy targets for get-rich-quick ... - AOL

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    Yahoo Finance outlines an elaborate money-flipping scam running rampant on Meta’s popular social networking platform Instagram users are easy targets for get-rich-quick investment scams [Video ...

  6. Privacy concerns with social networking services - Wikipedia

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    Social network security and privacy issues result from the large amounts of information these sites process each day. Features that invite users to participate in—messages, invitations, photos, open platform applications and other applications are often the venues for others to gain access to a user's private information. In addition, the ...

  7. Beware the new 'hours to make' scam going viral on Instagram

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    A new Instagram con has people worried. People are reporting unusual messages from random Instagram accounts that follow the same misleading script. In the scam, users receive a message from a ...

  8. Phishing - Wikipedia

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    Clone phishing is a type of attack where a legitimate email with an attachment or link is copied and modified to contain malicious content. The modified email is then sent from a fake address made to look like it's from the original sender. The attack may appear to be a resend or update of the original email.

  9. Use AOL Official Mail to confirm legitimate AOL emails

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    When we send you important emails, we'll mark the message with a small AOL icon beside the sender name. When you open the message, you'll see the "Official Mail" banner above the details of the message. If you get a message that seems like it's from AOL, but it doesn't have those 2 indicators, and it isn't alternatively marked as AOL Certified ...