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  2. Beware Latest Government Grant Scams — Warning Signs ... - AOL

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    Free money always comes at a cost. Many are now learning this the hard way, as scammers are increasingly trying to trick potential victims with offers of fraudulent government grants. Consider: 5 ...

  3. Woman Records Fraudsters in 'Grant Scam' - AOL

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    A South Carolina woman learned the hard way that it's best not to trust strangers who ask for money over the phone. The victim fell for what's as the "government grant scam," in which the caller ...

  4. Government grant scams Scammers contact you through phone calls, texts, emails, and primarily social media. No matter the method of contact, the message is similar: the government is awarding ...

  5. 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.

  6. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    A recovery room scam is a form of advance-fee fraud where the scammer (sometimes posing as a law enforcement officer or attorney) calls investors who have been sold worthless shares (for example in a boiler-room scam), and offers to buy them, to allow the investors to recover their investments. [92]

  7. Computer fraud - Wikipedia

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    Computer fraud is the use of computers, the Internet, Internet devices, and Internet services to defraud people or organizations of resources. [1] In the United States, computer fraud is specifically proscribed by the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), which criminalizes computer-related acts under federal jurisdiction and directly combats the insufficiencies of existing laws.

  8. Syndicate Accused in Phony 'Free' Grants Scam Has ... - AOL

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    A federal court has frozen the bank accounts of Jeremy Johnson and his associates, along with 61 phony companies the Federal Trade Commission says bilked people out of more than $275 million with ...

  9. 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.