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2. What You Need to Know About Spam Calls and 7 Ways to ... - AOL

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   And now that Sprint is a part of T-Mobile, Sprint customers will also get free protection to identify and block scam and unwanted robocalls, in the upgraded Call Screener app which was previously ...

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

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   The most robust protection comes from T-Mobile’s Scam Shield. This app offers a front-line defense against scammers including free warnings of potential scam calls and the ability to block ...

4. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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   Here are examples of three of the most common scams out there today and how to block these spam calls. 1. One-Ring Scams. ... number on the Federal Do Not Call Registry. This won’t stop all ...

5. Mobile phone spam - Wikipedia

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   Mobile phone spam is generally less pervasive than email spam, where in 2010 around 90% of email is spam. The amount of mobile spam varies widely from region to region. In North America, mobile spam steadily increased after 2008 and accounted for half of all mobile phone traffic by 2019. [1] In parts of Asia up to 30% of messages were spam in 2012.

6. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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   • Don't respond to unsolicited emails or requests to send money. • Pay attention to the types of data you're authorizing access to, especially in third-party apps. • Don't use internet search engines to find AOL contact info, as they may lead you to malicious websites and support scams.

7. Phone fraud - Wikipedia

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   A later version of the 809 scam involves calling cellular telephones then hanging up, in hopes of the curious (or annoyed) victim calling them back. [7] This is the Wangiri scam, with the addition of using Caribbean numbers such as 1-473 which look like North American domestic calls. [8]

8. Caller ID spoofing - Wikipedia

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   The call is bridged or transferred and arrives with the spoofed number chosen by the caller—thus tricking the called party. Many providers also provide a Web-based interface or a mobile application where a user creates an account, logs in and supplies a source number, destination number, and the bogus caller ID information to be displayed.

9. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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   Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail , if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail , if it's an important account email.