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2. 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 ...

3. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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   The pop-up instructs the victim to call the scammers via a phone number to fix the "error". Technical support scams can also be initiated via cold calls. These are usually robocalls which claim to be associated with a legitimate third party such as Microsoft or Apple. Technical support scams can also attract victims by purchasing keyword ...

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. Voice phishing - Wikipedia

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   Voice phishing, or vishing, [1] is the use of telephony (often Voice over IP telephony) to conduct phishing attacks. Landline telephone services have traditionally been trustworthy; terminated in physical locations known to the telephone company, and associated with a bill-payer. Now however, vishing fraudsters often use modern Voice over IP ...

6. Why am I asked to verify my account after signing in?

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   You may be prompted to get a verification code at your recovery phone number or recovery email address for any of the following reasons: ... Call Live AOL Support at1 ...

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

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   For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. ... Scammers know how to fake a phone number. Kerskie describes a scam where a client received a spoof call from what he ...

8. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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   For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. ... What Is a Scam Phone Number or Area Code? Scam phone numbers and area codes typically involve calls you receive from ...

9. Phishing - Wikipedia

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   SMS phishing [31] or smishing [32] [33] is a type of phishing attack that uses text messages from a cell phone or smartphone to deliver a bait message. [34] The victim is usually asked to click a link, call a phone number, or contact an email address provided by the attacker.