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  2. Scammers can make a fake phone number look legitimate — and that's just one of their techniques. Learn more about avoiding phishing scams here, and hear the story of someone victimized by one so ...

  3. Scam warning as fraudsters target stranded passengers caught ...

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    One person told the airline that a lookalike account had “just tried to scam me out of £330 using your details”, adding: “You need to protect your customers from scams like this.”

  4. Johnny Depp Speaks Out About Online Scammers Pretending to Be ...

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    Gizmodo published a report in December 2024 that 197 complaints were made to the Federal Trade Commission in 2024 about scammers posing as Depp. One person from Alabama reportedly lost $350,000 ...

  5. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • Don't use internet search engines to find AOL contact info, as they may lead you to malicious websites and support scams. Always go directly to AOL Help Central for legitimate AOL customer support. • Never click suspicious-looking links. Hover over hyperlinks with your cursor to preview the destination URL.

  6. 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. If you get an ...

  7. Strip search phone call scam - Wikipedia

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    Several similar scam calls had been placed to Boston-area restaurants, and Flaherty had already pulled surveillance camera footage from a Walmart in Panama City. Following Flaherty's lead, the Mount Washington police used the serial number of the phone card to find out that it had been purchased from a different Walmart than the Walmart that ...

  8. FCC warns of 50-state scam by fraudsters posing as mortgage ...

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    Green Mirage scammers have impersonated more than 400 mortgage institutions and caused hundreds of thousands of dollars of losses to deceived homeowners, many of whom only learn of the fraud when ...

  9. Sextortion - Wikipedia

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    A demand of money is then made, though usually the scam is either a bluff (e.g. the scammer never intended to publish them) or the pictures/videos are published regardless even if the money is sent. [1] Sextortion (a portmanteau of sex and extortion) employs non-physical forms of coercion to extort sexual favors from the victim.