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2. 15 Common Financial Scams — And How to Avoid Them - AOL

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   Money for Nothing. Every year, about 90% of consumers either fall for or encounter online scams. And while many consumers are sophisticated enough to avoid some of the most common scams, it doesn ...

3. 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.

4. Identity Theft Awareness Week: Top 15 financial scams ... - AOL

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   Seniors are taking the brunt of financial fraud to the tune of $3.4B+. Learn the most common peer-to-peer, impersonation and other scams on the rise to keep your money safe.

5. Cyber Security Experts Share the Scariest Money Scams ... - AOL

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   According to cyber security expert Abhishek Karnik, who is McAfee’s Head of Threat Research, people are getting duped, and this is one of the “scariest” money scams he’s encountered in his ...

6. Internet Crime Complaint Center - Wikipedia

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   The IC3 was founded in 2000 as the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC), and was tasked with gathering data on crimes committed online such as fraud, scams, and thefts. [1] Other crimes tracked by the center included intellectual property rights matters, computer intrusions , economic espionage , online extortion , international money ...

7. Scam baiting - Wikipedia

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   For scams conducted via written communication, baiters may answer scam emails using throwaway email accounts, pretending to be receptive to scammers' offers. [4]Popular methods of accomplishing the first objective are to ask scammers to fill out lengthy questionnaires; [5] to bait scammers into taking long trips; to encourage the use of poorly made props or inappropriate English-language ...

8. 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.

9. Five banking and payment scams to watch out for in 2023 - AOL

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   Consumer group Which? is highlighting some scam trends to watch out for.