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2. Spoofing scams: How to recognize and protect yourself from ...

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   You can also set up a new voicemail message telling callers your number is being spoofed. Scammers swap phone numbers frequently, so your number may not be spoofed for long, according to the FCC ...

3. SMS spoofing - Wikipedia

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   SMS spoofing is a technology which uses the short message service (SMS), available on most mobile phones and personal digital assistants, to set who the message appears to come from by replacing the originating mobile number (Sender ID) with alphanumeric text. Spoofing has both legitimate uses (setting the company name from which the message is ...

4. Are You Being 'Spoofed'? This Specific Type Of Scam Is Hard ...

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   One common tactic in a spoofing scam is to make an email address, text message, website or phone number appear like it’s the real deal. But even though it might have a similar or exact same ...

5. Follow These Steps if You’ve Been Hacked

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   You receive messages that files are encrypted on your device Your contacts receive messages online or on social media that you didn’t send Anti-virus protection software is disabled without your ...

6. Caller ID spoofing - Wikipedia

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   Example of caller ID spoofed via orange boxing; both the name and number are faked to reference leetspeak. Caller ID spoofing is a spoofing attack which causes the telephone network's Caller ID to indicate to the receiver of a call that the originator of the call is a station other than the true originating station. This can lead to a display ...

7. Find and remove unusual activity on your AOL account

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   Your IP address is your location online and each session should start with the same few sets of numbers. Click any recent activity entry to view its IP address as well as the date and time it was collected.

8. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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   What is spoofing? Spoofing happens when a hacker sends an email that looks like it came from your email address. While AOL tries hard to make sure we take steps to guard against this, if you do suspect you've been spoofed there are steps you can take to secure your account.

9. 9 ways scammers can use your phone number to try to ... - AOL

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   With these phone spoofing tactics, scammers can use your phone number to impersonate government officials, such as IRS agents or Social Security administrators. They may call you claiming there ...