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  2. 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.

  3. Scareware - Wikipedia

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    A 2010 study by Google found 11,000 domains hosting fake anti-virus software, accounting for 50% of all malware delivered via internet advertising. [ 9 ] Starting on March 29, 2011, more than 1.5 million web sites around the world have been infected by the LizaMoon SQL injection attack spread by scareware.

  4. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    This scam got a new lease on life in the electronic age with the virus hoax. Fake anti-virus software falsely claims that a computer is infected with viruses, and renders the machine inoperable with bogus warnings unless blackmail is paid. In the Datalink Computer Services incident, a mark was fleeced of several million dollars by a firm that ...

  5. Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre - Wikipedia

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    The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC; formerly known as PhoneBusters National Call Centre) is Canada's national anti-fraud call centre and central fraud data repository. [1] It was established in January 1993 in North Bay, Ontario , and is jointly operated by the Ontario Provincial Police , Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Competition Bureau .

  6. Recognize a hacked AOL Mail account

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    Know when your AOL Mail account has been hacked and how to fix it. Find out how you can tell if your account was compromised and what to do to secure it.

  7. Virus hoax - Wikipedia

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    Nevertheless, a number of hoaxes have warned users that vital system files are viruses and encourage the user to delete the file, possibly damaging the system. Examples of this type include the jdbgmgr.exe virus hoax and the SULFNBK.EXE hoax. [3] [4] Some consider virus hoaxes and other chain e-mails to be a computer worm in and of

  8. Rogue security software - Wikipedia

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    Rogue security software is a form of malicious software and internet fraud that misleads users into believing there is a virus on their computer and aims to convince them to pay for a fake malware removal tool that actually installs malware on their computer. [1] It is a form of scareware that manipulates users through fear, and a form of ...

  9. 2 U.S. travelers fined $16K for giving fake COVID vaccine ...

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    Canadian authorities slapped two U.S. travelers with nearly $16,000 in fines each for providing fake coronavirus vaccine documents and failing to comply with other pandemic rules, the country’s ...