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2. How to identify a fake text message: Online skills 101 - AOL

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   Frequently impersonated businesses and government agencies, including Amazon, Netflix, PayPal, the IRS, the SSA, and the USPS, all have pages with spam text message examples or explain common scam ...

3. Sick of those scam text messages? What you can do - AOL

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   According to the Federal Trade Commission, scammers will send fake text messages to try and trick you into giving them personal information, like a password, account number, or Social Security number.

4. 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.

5. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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   Scam phone numbers and area codes typically involve calls you receive from numbers you don’t recognize. ... Package Delivery Scams. This scam starts with a text message or voicemail saying you ...

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

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   The FCC uses an example of a doctor calling a patient with their personal phone but displaying their office phone number instead. Businesses also often use spoofing to display a toll-free callback ...

7. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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   What are 800 and 888 phone number scams? If you get an email providing you a PIN number and an 800 or 888 number to call, this a scam to try and steal valuable personal info. These emails will often ask you to call AOL at the number provided, provide the PIN number and will ask for account details including your password.

8. The latest ‘smishing’ scam blowing up your phone - AOL

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   The term “smishing” is a mash-up of “SMS” and “phishing,” and it refers to a scam carried out via cell phone ... The scammers use texts that appear to be legitimate messages from Apple ...

9. BBB Scam Alert: Emergency scams instill fear via fake texts ...

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   How the scam works: Emergency scams are about a family member or friend in a dire situation. You get a call, email, or social media message from someone claiming to be a distressed family member.