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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. Is the Change Healthcare letter I received in the mail a scam ...

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   Here's are some tips from the Federal Trade Commission if you think you've been affected by a data breach, including the one involving Change Healthcare:. Get free credit reports from ...

4. Use AOL Official Mail to confirm legitimate AOL emails

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   AOL Mail is focused on keeping you safe while you use the best mail product on the web. One way we do this is by protecting against phishing and scam emails though the use of AOL Official Mail. When we send you important emails, we'll mark the message with a small AOL icon beside the sender name.

5. How to spot phishing scams and keep your info safe - AOL

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   The best way to protect yourself against email phishing scams is to avoid falling victim to them in the first place. "Simply never take sensitive action based on emails sent to you," Steinberg says.

6. 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.

7. Scam letters - Wikipedia

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   This scam dates back to the 1580s, where the fictitious prisoner would promise to share non-existent treasure with the person who would send him money to bribe the guards. Today scam letters are a general part of electronic life, ending up in mailboxes in hordes.

8. Spoofed URL - Wikipedia

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   Along with spoof or fake emails that appear with generic greetings, misspellings, and a false sense of urgency, spoofed URLs are an easy way for hackers to violate one’s PayPal privacy. For example, www.paypalsecure.com, includes the name, but is a spoofed URL designed to deceive.

9. Website spoofing - Wikipedia

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   The objective may be fraudulent, often associated with phishing, e-mail spoofing or to lure potential victims to scams such as a get-rich-quick scheme, like in the case of fake news articles with sensational titles purporting of incidents involving popular celebrities with a forged interview discussing about and leading victims to a cryptocurrency scam.